John Edwards HIGGS

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Service Number:	793
Enlisted:	18 August 1914, Enlisted at Helena Vale, WA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	11th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Kaniva, Victoria, Australia, 1887
Home Town:	Northam, Northam, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Butcher
Died:	Northam, Western Australia, 1 September 1966, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Northam Cemetery Commemorated with a plaque in the WA Garden of Remembrance
Memorials:	Northam Memorial Hospital

18 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 793, 11th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Helena Vale, WA
2 Nov 1914:	Involvement 793, 11th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
2 Nov 1914:	Embarked 793, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Fremantle
1 Aug 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 793, 11th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Shrapnel wounds to the right side
19 Jul 1916:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 793, 11th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 5th Military District

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Son of James Henry Higgs and Maria Higgs nee Whelan of Kaniva, Victoria

Commenced return to Australia on 17 September 1915 aboard HT Beltana disembarking on 13 October 1915

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Husband of Margaret Higgs of Hopetown Avenue, Northam, WA

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