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BIGGS, Frank James
(Service number 87388)

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Birth

Date	28/09/1890	Place of Birth	Springfield

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	Tycho Flat, South Canterbury
Occupation	Farm hand
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	Mr Abraham BIGGS (father), Tycho Flat, Timaru, South Canterbury
Religion	Church of England
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

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Post-war Occupations

Farmer

Death

Date	30 April 1975	Age	85 years
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Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Timaru Cemetery
Memorial Reference	General Section, Row 156, Plot 973
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Frank James Biggs was the son of Abraham and Isabella (née Guy) Biggs, and a brother of William Edward Biggs who also enlisted. Frank too, was educated initially at Annat School, then at Fairview School after the family moved there in 1898. Frank married Ann Margaret Hullen on 13 October 1920 at her mother's home at Waitohi.

Sources

NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [13 January 2017]; Timaru Cemetery headstone image (Timaru District Council) [15 January 2017]

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