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Ernest Alfred Wiggins

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Ernest Alfred Wiggins.

Ernest Alfred Wiggins.

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Ernest Alfred AWMM
  • Surname
    Wiggins AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 454 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Baptist, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    1887 AWMM London, England AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW1 c/o F.J. Wiggins, Toowoomba, Queensland AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW1 Alice Augustus Wiggins (mother), No. 2. Line, Wanganui AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    1915-1916 Gallipoli AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 454 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 Farmer/Civilian AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of James and Alice Augusta Wiggins, of Wanganui, New Zealand. Native of England. Born in London, but worked in New Zealand before moving to Australia for farming and serving with the Australian Imperial Force. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    31 May 1915 AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Beach Cemetery Anzac Turkey AWMM
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Memorials

Memorial

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03 December 2021Ian BanksTaumarunui New ZealandResearcher

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