Background
His father, Edgar Smith Wigg (7 June 1818 – 15 October 1899) of Tunstall, Suffolk came to South Australia in May 1810, and founded the successful E. S. Wigg and Son bookshop in Rundle Street.
His father, Edgar Smith Wigg (7 June 1818 – 15 October 1899) of Tunstall, Suffolk came to South Australia in May 1810, and founded the successful E. S. Wigg and Son bookshop in Rundle Street.
He was a prize-winning pupil at J. L. Young"s Adelaide Educational Institution and studied Medicine at Adelaide University and University College London and in Europe, returning to Australia in 1882.
With qualifications Member Royal College of Surgeons, Licentiate of the Royal College of Surgeons and Doctor of Medicine (Brux). He lived for some time on Sydenham Road and practised in Norwood until 1913, when he retired. He was chairman of the Dental Board in 1903.
He was founding chairman, and at one stage president, of the East Torrens Bowling Club.
They had three daughters:
(Winifred) Olive Wigg, born on 23 June 1885, married J(ohn) Stanley Murray 8 June 1910
Doris Edith Wigg (21 December 1888 – 29 September 1891)
Phyllis Miriam Wigg, born on 6 September 1892, married Collier Robert Cudmore on 27 April 1922.
He was an honorary member of the staff of Adelaide Children"s Hospital for over 30 years. Foreign much of the time a board member and its senior surgeon.