MR. K. E. WIGGINS
The death occurred recently at Lower Hutt of Mr. K. >E. Wiggins, the youngest son of the. late Mr. William Wiggins, of Wellington. Born at Wellington in 1889, Mr. Wiggins was educated at Wellington. College and Christ's College, Christchurch.. Shortly after leaving school he joined his father's firm of William Wiggins Ltd. and at the time of his death was a director of the company. He served in the last war, enlisting with the first advance party that went to Samoa. Later he was in the 13th Battery in Egypt and went with them to France, and was with them until he was invalided home in 1917. Mr. Wiggins was of-a quiet, unassuming nature, keenly interested in all sport. In his younger days he was an active Rugby football player and swimmer, and up' to the time of his death an enthusiastic player of golf and tennis. He leaves a wife and four sons. Two of his sons have been serving overseas since the commencement of the war, lan in the Navy and Douglas in the Middle East.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXVI, Issue 84, 6 October 1943, Page 6
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