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Matthew James Biggar

Conflict: 
WW1
Additional Information: 

Son of Mr. F. Biggar, of Makirikiri, Wanganui. Born at Invercargill.

References:
  • CWGC
  • Archives New Zealand
NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

Private Matthew James Biggar, B Company, Twenty-second Reinforcements, committed suicide at Featherston Camp on Thursday evening by hanging himself to a tree with the cord of a rifle pull-through. An inquest was held at the camp yesterday, and a verdict of suicide was returned. Deceased was 23 years of age and unmarried.

DOMINION, VOLUME 10, ISSUE 3006, 17 FEBRUARY 1917, PAGE 8

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Casualty

Service Number: 
39744
Name:
Matthew James Biggar
Rank: 
Private
Date of Birth:
Not known
Next of Kin: 
M. Biggar (father), Kaponga, Taranaki, New Zealand
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Enlistment Address: 
Kaponga, Taranaki, New Zealand
Occupation on Enlistment:
Contractor
Unit:
New Zealand Training Unit

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Suicide
Date of Death:
04 February 1917
Day of Death:
Sunday
Age at Death: 
32
Conflict: 
WW1

Embarkation Details

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery: 
Featherston Cemetery
Cemetery Reference: 
722
Cemetery Location: 
New Zealand
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