Lance Corporal

Rupert Reginald Rigg

Conflict: 
WW1
Additional Information: 

Son of John and Frances Annie Rigg, of Selwyn St., Invercargill, New Zealand.

References:
  • CWGC
  • Archives New Zealand
NZ WAR GRAVES

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Personal Tributes:

Casualty

Service Number: 
8/2712
Name:
Rupert Reginald Rigg
Rank: 
Lance Corporal
Date of Birth:
Not known
Next of Kin: 
John Rigg (father), 138 Tweed Street, Invercargill, New Zealand
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Enlistment Address: 
138 Tweed Street, Invercargill, New Zealand
Armed Force: 
Army
Unit:
NZEF, Otago Regiment, 3 Battalion

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Killed in action at Polygon Wood
Date of Death:
24 November 1917
Day of Death:
Saturday
Age at Death: 
21
Conflict: 
WW1

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:
6th Reinforcements
Embarkation Place:
Wellington, New Zealand
Embarkment Date:
14 August 1915
Transport:

HMNZT 27
HMNZT 28
Vessel:
Willochra or Tofua
Destination:
Suez, Egypt

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

Cemetery

Cemetery Location: 
Belgium
Rupert Reginald Rigg
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