Service Number: SX12851
Enlisted: 17 May 1941, Adelaide, SA
Last Rank: Gunner
Born: Kingscote, SA, 2 October 1920
Home Town: Kingscote, Kangaroo Island, South Australia
Died: Died of wounds, Egypt, 25 August 1942, aged 21 years
Memorials: Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kingscote & District WW2 Honour Roll, Kingscote War Memorial
17 May 1941: Involvement Gunner, SN SX12851
17 May 1941: Enlisted Adelaide, SA
Item details for: B883, SX12851
National Archives Australia
Kangaroo Island Courier (Kingscote, SA : 1907 - 1951), Friday 4 September 1942, page 2
Died of Wounds.
We regret to hear that Mr and Mrs A. A. Tiggemann have received official notification that their son Pte. Keith Tiggemann has died of wounds. Early in August, they were notified that Keith was reported seriously wounded. We desire to express our sympathy with Mr and Mrs Tiggemann and family. Keith who was only 21 years of age, was a happy-go-lucky lad, full of fun and liked by all who knew him.
See Islander article dated 24 April 2019 : https://www.theislanderonline.com.au/story/6083621/remembering-sacrifices-made-by-ki-families-this-anzac-day/
"Keith served in North Africa and was fatally injured at El Alamein by German bombing," he said. "He is buried in Heliopolis War cemetery in Cairo"
Keith's brother Mick served in North Africa and was one of the "Rats of Tobruk", while brother Douglas also served in North Africa and brother Jim served in the Solomon Islands and Bougainville.
"Keith's mother and father, his five brothers and five sisters were devastated at Keith's death," Robert said.
"Keith's mother, Jane, also lost her brother in WWI so you can only imagine her stress at four sons away in WWII."
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Descendants of :
1. August Adolf TIGGEMANN was born 28 May 1884 in Bowden, SA and died 25 Jun 1971 in Kangaroo Island, South Australia. He married Mary Jane Adelaide NORTHCOTT 23 Dec 1908 in Cygnet River, Kangaroo Island, SA. She was born 15 Sep 1886 in Cygnet River, Kangaroo Island, SA and died 03 Nov 1954 in Kingscote, Kangaroo Island, SA, daughter of John Henry NORTHCOTT and Margaret Victoria Adelaide WILLIAMS.
Other events in the life of August Adolf TIGGEMANN
Residence: Lake Farm then Cygnet River then Brownlow, KI
Electoral roll: BET 1939 & 1943, Lake Farm, Kangaroo Island
Burial: 28 Jun 1971, Kingscote Cemetery, Kangaroo Island, SA
Children of August Adolf TIGGEMANN and Mary Jane Adelaide NORTHCOTT:
i. Percival Clifton TIGGEMANN was born 19 May 1909 in Kingscote, Kangaroo Island, SA and died 01 Jun 1984. He married Lillian May BOETTCHER 23 Jul 1932 in Kingscote, Kangaroo Island. She was born 29 Mar 1912 in Cygnet River, Kangaroo Island, SA and died 03 Dec 1992, daughter of Carl Alfred BOETTCHER and Ivy Edith MAY.
ii. Cyril John (Jim) TIGGEMANN was born 27 Aug 1910 in Lake Farm, Kangaroo Island, SA and died 28 May 2000
iii. Eva Jessie TIGGEMANN was born 14 May 1912 in Lake Farm, Kangaroo Island, SA and died 23 Jul 1980
iv. 3. Douglas TIGGEMANN was born 16 Mar 1914 in Lake Farm, Kangaroo Island, SA and died 12 Feb 1982
v. Adelaide Evelyn Myrtle (Addie) TIGGEMANN was born 21 Feb 1916 in nr Kingscote, Kangaroo Island, SA and died 18 Sep 1997. She married Benjamin Thomas ROBERTS 25 Jun 1947 in Kingscote, Kangaroo Island, South Australia, Australia. He was born 11 Aug 1919 in St Peters, SA and died 03 Jan 2008, son of James George ROBERTS and Elsie Caroline Alydia Virginia THOMPSON.
vi. 5. Harold Stanley (Mick) TIGGEMANN was born 14 May 1918 in Bay of Shoals, Kangaroo Island, SA and died 20 Nov 1990.
vii. Madge Muriel TIGGEMANN was born 02 Oct 1920 in nr Kingscote, Kangaroo Island, SA and died 20 Dec 1999. She married Allen Wilton SINSTOCK 10 Feb 1943 in Glenelg, SA. He was born 05 Aug 1912 in Adelaide, SA and died 28 Apr 1979.
viii. Keith Wilfred TIGGEMANN was born 02 Oct 1920 in nr Kingscote, Kangaroo Island, SA and died 25 Aug 1942 in Egypt
ix. Blanche Victoria TIGGEMANN was born 21 Sep 1922 in Kingscote, Kangaroo Island, SA and died 14 Aug 1986. She married Douglas Robert WHEATON 06 Oct 1943 in Kingscote, Kangaroo Island, SA. He was born 30 Sep 1918 in MacGillivray, Kangaroo Island and died 24 Apr 2004 in Adelaide, SA, son of Robert WHEATON and Mary Matilda HOWARD.
x. Lance Leslie (Tiggy) TIGGEMANN was born 13 Jan 1927 in Woodville Estate, SA and died 22 Mar 2003. He married Evelyn Barbara SIMPSON 11 Jun 1955. She was born 22 Jan 1932.
xi. Daphne Jean TIGGEMANN was born 26 Sep 1928 in Hd of Menzies, Kangaroo Island, SA and died 28 Jul 2010. She married Raymond Harold GRIFFITH. He was born 27 Jan 1926 in Kingscote, Kangaroo Island, SA and died 06 Nov 1996, son of Llewellyn Gryffyth (Charlie) GRIFFITH and Ethel Varina McINTYRE.
3. Douglas TIGGEMANN was born 16 Mar 1914 in Lake Farm, Kangaroo Island, SA and died 12 Feb 1982. He married Doris Irene STONE 10 Sep 1938 in Victor Harbour, SA. She was born 15 Nov 1913 in Torrens Vale, SA. They divorced 06 May 1949.
Children of Douglas TIGGEMANN and Doris Irene STONE:
i. Yvonne TIGGEMANN was born 11 Jun 1939 in Victor Harbor, SA and died 11 Jun 1939 in Victor Harbour, SAb
ii. Neil Douglas (Herb) TIGGEMANN was born ABT 1941 and died 28 Oct 1988
5. Harold Stanley (Mick) TIGGEMANN was born 14 May 1918 in Bay of Shoals, Kangaroo Island, SA and died 20 Nov 1990. He married Maxine Dorothy BURGESS.
Other events in the life of Harold Stanley (Mick) TIGGEMANN
Electoral roll: 1941, Kingscote, Kangaroo Island
Children of Harold Stanley (Mick) TIGGEMANN and Maxine Dorothy BURGESS:
i. Stephen Harold TIGGEMANN
ii. Deborah Jane TIGGEMANN
Last Updated : 30 June 2021