Frederick Albert Edwin Biggs
I whānau mai i te 27 Jan 1892 - I mate atu i te 17 Sept 1916
- Nama Hōia
- WWI 11611 AWMM
- Ingoa kārangaranga
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- Te Ope o Tū / te peka
- Army AWMM
- Te tūnga whakamutunga
- WW1 Private AWMM Canterbury Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion AWMM
- Pakanga
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
E pā ana ki
- Taitara
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- Ngā ingoa tuatahi
- Frederick Albert Edwin AWMM
- Ingoa whānau
- Biggs AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Ingoa kārangaranga
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- Nama Hōia
- WWI 11611 AWMM
- Ira tangata
- Male AWMM
- Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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- Pono
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Mātātuhi
Ngā tuhinga
Te whānautanga
- Whānautanga mai
- 27 Jan 1892 AWMM
- Rā i whānau mai ai
- 27 January 1892Public - Peter - Researcher - 6 September 2017 - Military personnel files
- Wāhi Whānau
- NelsonPublic - Peter - Researcher - 6 September 2017 - Military personnel files
- Tuhinga mō te whānautanga
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- Wāhi noho i mua i te whakaurunga
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- Mahi whai muri i te pakanga
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- Uri kiritahi
- Mrs Annie Biggs (mother), Tapawera, Nelson, New Zealand AWMM
- Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna
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Ngā pakanga me ngā whawhai
- Pakanga
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
- Kauhanga riri
- Battle of the Somme AWMM
- Te Ope o Tū / te peka
- Army AWMM
- Nama Hōia
- WWI 11611 AWMM
- Urunga ki te ope taua
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- Whakapikinga / Tukunga / Whakawhitinga
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Ngā tohu taumata rau ope taua
- Mētara me ngā Tohu
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Te Whakangungu me te Urunga atu
- Whakangungu ope taua
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Te urunga
- WW1 Unknown AWMM Farmer/Civilian AWMM
- Pakeke i te whakaurunga
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- Mahi i mua i te ekenga waka
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Te maha o ngā ekenga waka
- Taipitopito ekenga waka
- WW1 01 May 1916-09 Jun 1916 AWMM
HMNZT 51 AWMM Vessel was Ulimaroa AWMM Private AWMM 12th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Battalion, C Company AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM
Mauhere o te pakanga
- Kia mau ki ngā taipitopito
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- Ngā rā i mauherehia ai
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- Rā i puta ai
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- Ngā kōrero mō te puta i te mauhere pakanga
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- Te rā i whakahokia atu ngā hōia i mauherehia ai
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- Nama motuhake mō te mauhere pakanga
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Whakapapa hauora
- Tuhinga hauora
- Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM
Te tūnga whakamutunga e mōhiotia ana
- Te tūnga whakamutunga
- WW1 Private AWMM
Canterbury Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion AWMM - Te tūnga whakamutunga
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Kōrero taurongo
- Frederick Biggs was the son of Alfred and Annie Biggs, of Tapawera, Nelson, New Zealand. AWMM
- Private Frederick Albert Edwin Biggs (1892-1916).
1NZEF Service # 11611, Canterbury Infantry Regiment, 12th (Nelson) Company, 1NZEF.
Born 27 January 1892 - at Nelson.
Son of Alfred & Annie Biggs - of Tapawera, Nelson District.
Prior to enlistment Frederick was employed as a farmer - at Tapawera.
He enlisted for war service on 1 January 1916 - at Trentham Military Training Camp, Wellington. On 1 May 1916 he embarked for overseas war service - arriving at Suez on 9 June 1916.
On 26 July 1916 he embarked again - from Suez to England - disembarking at Southhampton, England on 7 August 1916.
On 20 August 1916 Private Biggs left Sling Camp in England - for war service at France,
On 1 September 1916 he joined the 12th (Nelson) Company - of the Canterbury Infantry Regiment (2nd Battalion) - at the front-line in France.
14 days later - on 15 September 1916 - Private Biggs was wounded in action (gun shot wound to the abdomen) and he was admitted to the 45th Casualty Clearing Station - in the battle field at France.
Two days later - on 17 September 1916 - Private Frederick Biggs died of wounds - at the 45th Casualty Clearing Station, France.
Private Biggs is buried at Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France A.36. Private Frederick Biggs is also remembered at his home-town in New Zealand - on the War Memorial (WW1) at Tapawera - and also Kohatu, Nelson Districts.
Private Frederick Biggs is also remembered on the World War 1 'Wall of Remembrance' - at the Fernery, Founders Park, Nelson CityPublic - Jenifer - Researcher - 7 February 2022 - Reference : Military File : Archway, National Archives, New Zealand.
Te matenga
- Matenga
- 17 Sept 1916 AWMM
Age 24 AWMM - Rā i mate ai
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- Pakeke i te matenga
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- Wāhi Mate
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- Te momo matenga
- Died of wounds AWMM
- Tuhipoka mō te matenga
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- Urupā
- Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France AWMM III. A. 36. AWMM
- Ingoa o te urupā
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- Tohutoro kōhatu urupā
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- Pānui Matenga
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- Ingoa maumaharatanga
- War memorials at Kohatu and TapaweraPublic - Peter - Researcher - 6 September 2017 - audit of regional war memorials combined with local research
- Tohutoro maumaharatanga
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Maumaharatanga
- Ingoa maumaharatanga
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Ngā mātāwai
- Hononga ki waho
- Military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22276170
Further Reference - A Street Near You record
https://astreetnearyou.org/person/36575/-
Further Reference - Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/36575
Further Reference - New Zealand War Graves Trust
https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
Further Reference
- Military personnel file
- Ngā tuhinga
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
30: 8 - Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
Vol. 1: Includes portrait - Ferguson, David (1921). The history of the Canterbury Regiment, N.Z.E.F. 1914-1919. Whitcombe and Tombs Ltd: Auckland, N.Z.
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
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