Thomas
Herbert
Biggs
Born in New Zealand
Ancestors 
Son of Thomas Herbert Biggs
and Jane Eveleigh
Brother of
Ivy Edith (Biggs) Nicklin, James Alfred Biggs, William James Biggs, Arthur Michael Biggs and Doris Rita Biggs
Husband of
Mary Isabel Honeyman (Grandison) Biggs
— married
22 Dec 1920 in St. Andrew's Church, Auckland, New Zealand
Father of
Bruce Grandison Biggs
Died
at age 54
in Auckland, New Zealand
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Biography
When Thomas Herbert Biggs was born on 9 April 1893, in Coromandel, Thames-Coromandel, Waikato, New Zealand, his father, Thomas Herbert Biggs, was 25 and his mother, Jane Eveleigh, was 25.[1]
He married Mary Isabel Honeyman Grandison in 1920, in New Zealand.[2]
Profession: Ironmonger's assistant
He died on 19 April 1947, in Auckland, New Zealand, at the age of 54,[3] and was buried 22 April 1947 in the Waikumete Cemetery & Crematorium - Glen Eden, Auckland, New Zealand [4]
He enlisted in the New Zealand Army during WWI. Service No. 43396. Embarkation Details: WW1 12 Jun 1917-15 August 1917 to Plymouth, Devon. HMNZT 86 Vessel was Maunganui Gunner/Military. 26th Reinforcements, New Zealand Field Artillery. New Zealand Expeditionary Force. References: New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. 67: 7. Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications. Vol. 1: Includes portrait[5]
Sources
- ↑ New Zealand Birth Registration 1893/6170 (Biggs, Thomas Herbert. Parents: Jane & Thomas Herbert) 'Births, Deaths & Marriages Online', [digital index], New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs (http://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz)
- ↑ New Zealand Marriage Registration 1920/11365 (Bride: Mary Isabel Grandison. Groom: Thomas Herbert Biggs) 'Births, Deaths & Marriages Online', [digital index], New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs (http://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz)
- ↑ New Zealand Death Registration 1947/20428 (Biggs, Thomas Herbert, 54Y) 'Births, Deaths & Marriages Online', [digital index], New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs (http://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz)
- ↑ Cemeteries - Auckland Council https://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/cemeteries/Pages/RecordDetails.aspx?recordId=5B481BA7BC008BF2881D0929588567B2
- ↑ Online Cenotaph - Auckland War Memorial Museum https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/C93943?n=THomas+Herbert+Biggs&from=%2Fwar-memorial%2Fonline-cenotaph%2Fsearch&ordinal=0
- Military personnel file https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search#/item/aims-archive/R22276178
see also:
- Family Search https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/about/LV37-CWP
- Geni.com https://www.geni.com/people/Thomas-Biggs/6000000020668205517
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