HIGGS, Henry Rudolph
| Service Number: | 908 |
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| Enlisted: | 2 February 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 17th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Croydon, New South Wales, Australia, 23 March 1891 |
| Home Town: | Lindfield, Ku-ring-gai, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Gordon Public School and Chatwood High School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 18 February 1951, aged 59 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Rookwood Cemetery & Crematorium Anglican area, Section 13, Grave 3803 |
| Memorials: | Turramurra Methodist Church Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 2 Feb 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 908, 17th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW | |
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| 12 May 1915: | Involvement Private, 908, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
| 12 May 1915: | Embarked Private, 908, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Sydney | |
| 9 Oct 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 53rd Infantry Battalion, From 17th Battalion | |
| 25 Nov 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 17th Infantry Battalion, From 53rd Battalion | |
| 15 Apr 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 908, 17th Infantry Battalion, Wound to the left buttock. Embarked for England from Boulogne on 25 April 1917 aboard HS Jan Breysat | |
| 27 Nov 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 908, 17th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to nephritis |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Percival Higgs and Florence Anna Higgs nee Brown of 'Hazelgrove', Gordon Road, Lindfield, NSW
Commenced return to Australia on 27 August 1917 aboard HT Pakeha disembarking on 25 Ocotber 1917
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
During 1919c Henry married Enid A. Brown in Sydney, NSW
Biography contributed by Carol Foster
Brother of James Godfrey Higgs who was killed in action on 26 August 1916 while serving with the 5th Field Ambulance and has no known grave. His name appears on the Villers-Bretonneux and Lancelot John Higgs who returned to Australia on 2 February 1920 having served with the 19th and 4th Battalions
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