Search results Next record Previous record English Māori Reginald Rockwell Bigelow Born 2 January 1884 - Died 20 February 1956 PDF Key details Service numberWWI 26775 AWMM Also known as Armed force / branchArmy AWMM Last rankWW1 Sergeant AWMM Auckland Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion AWMM WarWorld War I, 1914-1918 AWMM Enquire Lay a poppy Portrait of Reginald Bigelow (kindly provided by family) - No known copyright restrictions View gallery Hide sources Show empty fields Identity About Contribute › Title ForenamesReginald Rockwell AWMM SurnameBigelow AWMM Ingoa Also known as Service numberWWI 26775 AWMM GenderMale AWMM Iwi Hapū Waka Rohe ReligionBaptist, Christian AWMM Images and documents Images Contribute › Documents Contribute › Civilian life About birth Contribute › Birth2 January 1884 AWMM Ponsonby, Auckland City AWMM Date of birth Place of birth Birth notes Address before enlistment Post war occupationJoiner/Military AWMM Next of kin on embarkationMrs Mary Ann Bigelow (mother), 11 Dunedin Street, Ponsonby, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM Relationship statusPre 25 September 1916 AWMM Single AWMM Service Wars and conflicts Contribute › WarWorld War I, 1914-1918 AWMM Campaign1914-1919 Western Front AWMM Armed force / branchArmy AWMM Service numberWWI 26775 AWMM Military serviceAuckland Regiment, 1 Battalion AWMM Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers Military decorations Contribute › Medals and AwardsBritish War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM Victory Medal AWMM Training and Enlistment Contribute › Military training Branch Trade Proficiency EnlistmentWW1 21 May 1916 AWMM Age 32 AWMM Carpenter/Civilian AWMM Occupation before enlistment Age on enlistment Embarkations Contribute › Embarkation detailsWW1 25 Sep 1916-21 November 1916 AWMM to AWMM HMNZT 64 AWMM Vessel was Devon AWMM Private AWMM 17th Reinforcements, Auckland Infantry Battalion, A Company AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM Prisoner of war Contribute › Capture details Days interned Liberation date Liberation Repatriation POW liberation details POW serial number Medical history Contribute › Medical notesHeight, Unknown Period AWMM 5 foot 11 inches AWMM Eye colour, Unknown Period AWMM Brown AWMM Weight, Unknown Period AWMM 11 stone AWMM Hair colour, Unknown Period AWMM Dark brown AWMM Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM Wounded 11 June 1917 AWMM Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM Wounded 27 July 1918, chest hospitalised Boulogne, evacuated to England, admitted NZGH Walton on Thames AWMM Died of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM Coronary thrombosis AWMM Last known rank Contribute › Last rankWW1 13 December 1918 AWMM No longer physically fit due to wounds received in action AWMM Sergeant AWMM Auckland Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion AWMM Biographical information Biographical information Contribute › Reginald Bigelow was the grandson of John Bigelow, a prominent Auckland shipbuilder in the mid 1860's to late 1880's.Son of Mary Ann and John Smith BigelowAttested 21 May 1916 in Trentham.He married Mary Olive nee Stewart in the Holy Trinity Church, Pakaraka, Bay of Islands in April 1919. They lived in 14 London Street, Ponsonby (later numbered 28) and had two daughters.After the war worked as a joiner for G.H. Frankham Ltd in Newmarket.Two brothers, Frederick Edward Bigelow (62238) and Reginald Rockwell Bigelow (26775), served in WW1. AWMM Read more Death About death Contribute › Death20 February 1956 AWMM Age 72 AWMM Ponsonby, Auckland City AWMM Date of death Age at death Place of death Cause of deathDied of Disease AWMM Death notes CemeteryCremated at Waikumete Crematorium, Glen Eden, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM Cemetery name Grave reference Obituary Memorial name Memorial reference Memorials Memorial Contribute › Memorial namePonsonby Baptist Church, 43 Jervois Road, Ponsonby Auckland 1011 AWMM Roll of Honour Remember Reginald Rockwell Bigelow by laying a poppy. Clifford Miner Bigelow Frederick Edward Bigelow Reginald Rockwell Bigelow Selwyn Geoffrey Bigelow Terence Bigelow Lay a poppy for 2021 Leave a note Leave a tribute or memory of Reginald Rockwell Bigelow Leave a note Contribute › Processing Sources Sources Contribute › External linksBirths, Deaths and Marriages (New Zealand) Historical Records online https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz Sources Used Military personnel file http://www.archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewFullItem.do?code=22276295 Further Reference DocumentsInformation kindly provided by family AWMM Correspondence with family AWMM Information kindly provided by family AWMM Military Service Record AWMM New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM 41: 4 AWMM The development of the Online Cenotaph is an ongoing process; updates, new images and records are added weekly. 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