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Australians
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Hint: This site is intended as a search aid - not a definitive source. It is essentially an index to documents that seem to relate to this person plus a very brief precis of relevant elements. Sources often conflict and I also flag things with a ? when I am unsure. So if the information below is important to you, then please check the original sources to see what else they contain (and in case I have inadvertantly introduced transcription and/or precising errors). There can be additional information that was not included in the database for both space and copyright reasons.
| Surname | | BIGGS |
| Given Name(s) or Initial(s) | | Arthur John Thomas |
| Regimental Number | | 3239 |
| Rank | | Trooper |
| Unit Name | | 3rd New South Wales Imperial Bushmen |
| State | | NSW |
Extracts and Comments
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B5204: born 21.12.1880? at Forest Range SA next of kin father in Wilcannia NSW, in Draft for Citizens' Bushmen Contingent 21.3.1901.
URL1: amongst Drafts for CBC aboard 'Ranee' from Sydney c22.3.1901.
URL2: photo in No 1 Sqn. NSW Drafts c3.1901.
Source:# 1430 one of the 15 soldiers from Forest Range SA who lost their lives in WW1.
URL3: WW1 AIF 240 10LH BIGGS Arthur John Thomas a miner aged 31 in 1914 born at Forest Range SA, nok sister in Summer Hill NSW, 20 months 3rd NSW Bushmen S. Africa, Tpr. embarked from Alexandria for Gallipoli 16.5.1915, L/Cpl. 19.8.1915 Anzac, Cpl. 8.6.1916 Serapeum, L/Sergt. 11.10.1916 Willagha, T/Sergt. 12.12.1916 Malha, 9.1.1917 gsw in abdomen at Rafa, 10.1.1917 died of wounds while in transit from 3LH Field Ambulance at El Arish to 1LHFA, 10.1.1917 buried 1/4 mile NE Shiekh Zowoud & 1/4 mile N of Shiekh Zowait, subsequently re-interred in Kantara War Memorial Cemetery SW of Gaza Egypt, plot B grave 169.
URL4: AWM Roll of Honour - Arthur John Thomas BIGGS 240 Sergeant 10 Light Horse Regiment Australian Army First World War 1914-1918 died of wounds 10.1.1917 in Egypt aged 32, place of association Kalgoorlie WA, cemetery or memorial details Kantara War Memorial Cemetery Kantara Suez Canal Egypt.
URL5: A BIGGS listed amongst the fallen on the WW1 Memorial at Forest Range SA.
URL6: his webpage amongst Forest Range and Lenswood community members who gave their life during WW1.
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Murray: Official Records of the Australian Contingents etc. page(s) 149
B5204: National Archives of Australia series B5204 folder 12A
Syd. Herald : Sydney Morning Herald newspaper date(s) 22.3.1901
Town&Country: Aust. Town and Country journal date(s) 23.3.1901
Source:# Oz-Boer contributed source number 1430
B2455: National Archives of Australia series B2455
| | External Link URL1 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-page1344260 | | External Link URL2 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-article71465094 | | External Link URL3 | | recordsearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/Imagine.asp?B=3081608&I=1&SE=1 | | External Link URL4 | | www.awm.gov.au/people/rolls/R1657805/ | | External Link URL5 | | historylfr.wordpress.com/2013/02/25/memorial-register/ | | External Link URL6 | | frlhganzac.wordpress.com/2014/05/03/biggs-arthur-john-thomas/ |
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