BIGNELL Edwin   

Service Number 2781 9^th Battalion 9^th Reinforcements

Born : 28^th October 1882 Coomera

Died : 14^th May 1946 Brisbane   (63 years 6 months 16 days) 

Buried : Foxwell’s Cemetery, Coomera

Parents : Samuel Stanley and Mary Ann nee Levey

Wife : Emilie Muriel nee Viney

Enlisted 27^th July 1915 Brisbane

Embarkation : 1^st September 1915 Ayrshire

Returned to Australia : 4^th December 1915 Thermistocles

Medals : There were no medals awarded.  Edwin came home with Tuberculosis

Connection : Tamborine Pioneer Family

BIGNELL Robert Stanley

Service No. 3520 31^st Battalion 8^th Reinforcements

Born : 3^rd July 1897 Coomera

Died : 14^th June 1978 Brisbane     (80 years 11 months 11 days)

Buried : Mt Thompson

Parents : Samuel Stanley and Rebecca Annie nee Gray

Wife : Olive Pretoria nee Foxwell

Enlisted 4^th January 1916  Brisbane

Embarkation : 16^th August 1916 HMAT A4 Boorara

Returned to Australia : 22^nd May 1919 Durham

Armistice 1918 : Field France

Medals :                British War Medal            20568

                             Victory Medal                 20036

Connection : Tamborine Pioneer Family

Bignell Sydney Kingston

Service No. 3526 31^st Battalion 8^th Reinforcements

Born : 14^th December 1892 Coormera

Died : 10^th April 1918 France   (25 years 3 months 27 days) 

Buried : Adelaide Cemetery Villers-Bretonneux

Parents : Samuel Stanley and Mary Ann nee Levey

Enlisted: 4^th January 1916 Brisbane

Embarked : 16^th August 1916 HMAT A42 Boorara

Medals :      British War Medal           45442

                   Victory Medal                44922

                   Memorial Plaque          348214

 Connection : Tamborine Pioneer Family 

Memorials :    Upper Coomera Memorial