Alfred Erasmus HIGGS

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Service Number:	6536
Enlisted:	15 November 1916, Enlisted at Queanbeyan, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	20th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Morang, Victoria, Australia, 1862
Home Town:	Waverley, Waverley, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia, 1939, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

15 Nov 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6536, 20th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Queanbeyan, NSW
24 Jan 1917:	Involvement Private, 6536, 20th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: ''
24 Jan 1917:	Embarked Private, 6536, 20th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Sydney
16 Oct 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 6536, 20th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to senility

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Son of John Higgs and Sarah Higgs nee McGregor of Morang, Victoria

Husband of Augusta Higgs nee Russell of St. James Road, Waverley, NSW. Alfred and Augusta married during 1884c in Canterbury, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 21 July 1917 aboard HT Corinthic

Medal: British War Medal