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

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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                               

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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