Edward James HIGGS

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Service Number:	3688
Enlisted:	12 March 1917, Enlisted at Cootamundra, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	46th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Kent, England, 24 May 1898
Home Town:	Cootamundra, Cootamundra, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Nagambie, Victoria, Australia, 23 April 1966, aged 67 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Nagambie Cemetery, Victoria Commemorate with a plaque in the Victoria Garden of Remembrance
Memorials:

12 Mar 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3688, 46th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Cootamundra, NSW
28 Feb 1918:	Involvement Private, 3688, 46th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: ''
28 Feb 1918:	Embarked Private, 3688, 46th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne
8 Aug 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3688, 46th Infantry Battalion, Multiple shrapnel wounds. Invalided to England on 14 August 1918
7 Mar 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3688, 46th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District

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Son of Edward James Higgs and Alice Julia Higgs nee Wright of Brookdale Road, Cupford, London, England

Commenced return to Australia on 4 January 1919 aboard HT Morvada

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Husband of Evelyn Maud Higgs near Blair of Nagambie, Victoria. Edward and Evelyn married during 1921c in Victoria