Bernard Leslie RIGG

Regimental number2/2250
Address1 Pipitea Street, Wellington
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinFather, R B Rigg, Bank of New Zealand, Wellington
Enlistment date23 August 1915
Rank on embarkationBombardier
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 7th Reinforcements, New Zealand Field Artillery
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 9 October 1915
Members of the 7th Reinforcements, New Zealand Field Artillery, embarked on board three ships: HMNZT 32 'Aparima', HMNZT 33 'Navua', and HMNZT 34 'Warrimoo'. It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rank2nd Lieutenant
Final unitNew Zealand Field Artillery
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2nd Lieutenant


Unit: New Zealand Feld Artillery
Promotion date: 11 January 1918

FateDied of wounds 19 March 1918
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burialThe Huts Cemetery (Plot XV, Row C, Grave No 8), nr Ieper, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: R.B. and M.A. Rigg, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Field Artillery/Seventh

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