Alexander
James
Bigelow
Born in West Wallsend, New South Wales, Australia
Ancestors 
Brother of
Amos Donald Bigelow, Jean Agnes (Bigelow) Nichols, Athol Ernest Bigelow, Jessie Catherine Alice (Bigelow) Larkin and Clifford Edgar Bigelow
Husband of
Lola Mary (Bevege) Bigelow
— married
12 Aug 1933 in Wallsend, New South Wales, Australia
[children unknown]
Died
at age 48
in Kurri Kurri, New South Wales, Australia
Profile last modified
| Created 20 Feb 2020
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Alexander Bigelow is an Anzac who served in World War Two.
Biography
Alexander James Bigelow (1911-1959)
Alexander James Bigelow was born 11 September 1911 at West Wallsend, New South Wales, Australia [1] the son of Ernest John Bigelow and Maria Stewart.
Alexander James Bigelow married Lola Mary Bevege on 12 August 1933 at Wallsend, New South Wales, Australia [2].
Alexander James Bigelow enlisted to serve in the Australian Army on 1 July 1940, serving in the 2/1st Pioneer Battalion during the World War Two conflict. His battalion participated in the Battles for Tobruk, Imita Ridge Operations and the Kokoda Trail Campaign. He was discharged from service on 29 June 1944 [3].Military Service
- World War Two Service
- Veteran Details
- Name: BIGELOW, ALEXANDER JAMES
- Service: Australian Army
- Service Number: NX46034
- Date of Birth: 15 Sep 1911
- Place of Birth: WEST WALLSEND, NSW
- Date of Enlistment: 1 Jul 1940
- Locality on Enlistment: KURRI KURRI, NSW
- Place of Enlistment: NEWCASTLE, NSW
- Next of Kin: BIGELOW, LOLA
- Date of Discharge: 29 Jun 1944
- Rank: Private
- Posting at Discharge: 5 RFTS 2/1 PNR BN
- Prisoner of War: No
- Honours: None for display[4]
- Units: 9 Australian Division; 2nd Australian Imperial Force; Pioneer battalions
- Place: Balikpapan
- Events: Battles for Tobruk; Imita Ridge Operations; Kokoda Trail Campaign
- Battle Honours: Defence of Tobruk; The Salient 1941
- Campaign Honours: North Africa 1941; South-West Pacific 1942-43; South-West Pacific 1945
- Commanding Officers: Brown, Arnold; Buckley, Andrew Adrian; Graham, George John; Macgillycuddy, Patrick Emmett
- Decorations: 1 OBE; 3 MC; 2 MM; 13 MID
- Conflict: Second World War, 1939-1945
- References: AWM52/8/6/1: 2/1 Pioneer Battalion war diary; Osborn, Gordon, The Pioneers : unit history of the 2nd/1st Australian Pioneer Battalion Second A.I.F.(Beverly Hills, N.S.W.: M.D. Herron, 1988)
- Category: Unit [5]
Alexander James Bigelow passed away on 5 November 1959 at Kurri Kurri, New South Wales, Australia.[6] and was buried in the Newcastle Memorial Park, Beresfield, New South Wales, Australia [7]
Sources
- ↑ Birth: New South Wales Australia Births: Name: BIGELOW ALEXANDER J Reg#: 46703/1911 Father's Name: ERNEST J Mother's Name: MARIE District: WEST WALLSEND
- ↑ Marriage: New South Wales Australia Marriages: Registration number: 10398/1933 Groom's Name: BIGEWLOE (sic) ALEXANDER J Bride's Name: BEVEGE LOLA M District: WALLSEND
- ↑ World War Two Service: National Archives Australia: BIGELOW ALEXANDER JAMES: Service Number: NX46034; Date of birth: 15 Sep 1911; Place of birth: WEST WALLSEND NSW; Place of enlistment: NEWCASTLE NSW; Next of Kin: BIGELOW LOLA
- ↑ World War Two Service: DVA's Nominal Roll BIGELOW, ALEXANDER JAMES|Service Australian Army |Service Number NX46034 | Posting at Discharge 5 RFTS 2/1 PNR BN
- ↑ 2/1st Pioneer Battalion Details: Australian War Memorial: Conflict: Second World War, 1939-1945 Unit hierarchy: Australian Army; Infantry; 2/1st Pioneer Battalion
- ↑ Death: New South Wales Australia Deaths: Name: BIGELOW ALEXANDER JAMES Registration number: 33969/1959 Father’s Name: ERNEST JOHN Mother’s name: MARIA District: KURRI KURRI
- ↑ Burial: Find a Grave: Alexander Bigelow: BIRTH: 11 Sep 1911 DEATH 5 Nov 1959 (aged 48–49) BURIAL Newcastle Memorial Park, Beresfield, Newcastle City, New South Wales, Australia PLOT R S W 2 C/59 Find A Grave: Memorial #193439488
- Theft: The Maitland Daily Mercury (NSW: 1894 - 1939) Wed 18 Oct 1939 Page 3 STOLEN CHEQUE: KURRI KURRI, Wednesday. Charged, with having stolen a cheque valued at £1, the property of the New South Wales Government, Alexander James Bigelow, 28, was sentenced to three days' hard labour at the Kurri Kurri Police Court to-day. Constable Dimmock said defendant collected his wife's child endowment cheque from the Kurri Post Office, endorsed it with his wife's name and cashed it at a shop. He took 6/ home to his wife and told her he had won it at the races.
- Accident: The Newcastle Sun (NSW: 1918 - 1954), Tue 23 Jan 1951 Page 3 Kurri Miner Hurt:(Retrieved February 21, 2020) Alexander Bigelow (39), a miner of Alexander St., Kurri, suffered an injury to his back when struck by a prop at Richmond Main Colliery. He was taken to Kurri Hospital by Kurri Ambulance.
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