Christopher HIGGS

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Service Number:	4202
Enlisted:	3 September 1915, Enlisted at Holsworthy, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	4th Pioneer Battalion
Born:	Stratford, England, 1894
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Carpenter
Died:	Marrickville, New South Wales, Australia, 18 September 1962, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Woronora Memorial Park, Sutherland, New South Wales Section DD, Row Rose Garden 5, Plot 0085
Memorials:

3 Sep 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4202, 4th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Holsworthy, NSW
20 Dec 1915:	Embarked Private, 4202, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Sydney
20 Dec 1915:	Involvement Private, 4202, 4th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
14 Feb 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 2nd Infantry Battalion, From the 4th Battalion
9 May 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 45th Infantry Battalion
10 Jul 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 4th Pioneer Battalion, From 45th Battalion
16 Apr 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 4202, 4th Pioneer Battalion, Dsicharged at the 2nd Military District

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Son of Thomas Higgs and Emma Higgs of Field Road, Forest Gate, Essex, England

Served his apprenticeship with Thomas Higgs of Stratford, England

Commenced return to Australia on 11 January 1918 aboard HT Port Darwin disembarking on the 7 March 1918

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1922c Christopher Higgs married Mary E. Miller in Temora, NSW

In 1940 he was residing in Valance Street, Petersham, NSW