BIGNELL Edwin
Service Number 2781 9th Battalion 9th Reinforcements
Born : 28th October 1882 Coomera
Died : 14th May 1946 Coomera (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 27th July 1915 Brisbane
Embarkation : 1st September 1915 Ayrshire
Returned to Australia : 4th December 1915 Thermistocles
Medals : There were no medals awarded. Edwin came home with Tuberculosis
Connection : Tamborine Pioneer Family
Memorial : Logan Village Museum Honour Roll
Virtual War Memorial Australia
Discovering ANZACS National Library Australia
BIGNELL Robert Stanley
Service No. 3520 31st Battalion 8th Reinforcements
Born : 3rd July 1897 Coomera
Died : 14th June 1978 Southport (80 years 11 months 11 days)
Buried : Mt Thompson Crematorium Brisbane
Parents : Samuel Stanley and Rebecca Annie nee Gray
Wife : Olive Pretoria nee Foxwell
Enlisted 4th January 1916 Brisbane
Embarkation : 16th August 1916 HMAT A4 Boorara
Returned to Australia : 22nd May 1919 Durham
Armistice 1918 : Field France
Medals : British War Medal 20568
Victory Medal 20036
Connection : Tamborine Pioneer Family
Memorial : Logan Village Museum Honour Roll
Virtual War Memorial Australia
Discovering ANZACS National Library Australia
Bignell Sydney Kingston
Service No. 3526 31st Battalion 8th Reinforcements
Born : 14th December 1892 Coormera
Died : 10th April 1918 Bouzencourt,France (25 years 3 months 27 days)
Buried : Adelaide Cemetery Villers-Bretonneux (Plot 111, Row S, Grave No. 17)
Parents : Samuel Stanley and Mary Ann nee Levey
Enlisted: 4th January 1916 Brisbane
Embarked : 16th August 1916 HMAT A42 Boorara
Medals : British War Medal 45442
Victory Medal 44922
Memorial Plaque 348214
Connection : Tamborine Pioneer Family
Memorials : Upper Coomera Memorial
Logan Village Museum Honour Roll
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
Virtual War Memorial Australia
Discovering ANZACS National Library Australia