Archibald Biggs #561
By Marg Powell, Specialist Library Technician, Metadata Services | 3 October 2017
Portrait of Archibald Biggs, 9th Infantry Battalion published in The Queenslander Pictorial, 17 October 1914
Archie Biggs was the son of William Henry and Fanny B. Biggs of London. Archie Biggs arrived in Australia in 1913 from the UK already an experienced soldier having served with the City of London Royal Field Artillery. He volunteered for service with the Australian Army on the last day of August 1914, age 28.
Group from the 9th Infantry Battalion on the steps of the Basilica, Heliopolis, Cairo, Egypt, 1914-1915. 31166, Warnes Family collection, State Library of Queensland
Archie enjoyed the companionship of his 9th Battalion mates, exploring the sights of Egypt, before they took on the task of war on the Gallipoli Peninsula.
Three members of the 9th Infantry Battalion, Albert Warnes #581, Archibald Biggs #561 and Harvey Newnham #619, 1915.
31166, Warnes Family collection, State Library of Queensland
Four weeks after they landed at Anzac Cove, Archie Biggs was killed in action on 20 May 1915. He is buried at Shell Green Cemetery, about 150 yards from Anzac Cove.
Read more …
- Service record: BIGGS, Archibald
- Embarkation roll: 9th Infantry Battalion, E Company
- Roll of honour
- Roll of honour circular
- Commonwealth Ware Graves Commission
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