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HIGGINS, Richard Robert
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2002 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 August 1914, Enlisted at Pontville, Tasmania |
| Last Rank: | Bombardier |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Macquarie Plains, Tasmania, Australia, 1891 |
| Home Town: | New Town, Hobart, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Butcher |
| Died: | Wounds, At sea on board HS Rewa, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 1 August 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, buried are sea Chaplain V.L. Keelan Panel 11, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hobart Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 26 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Bombardier, 2002, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , Enlisted at Pontville, Tasmania | |
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| 20 Oct 1914: | Involvement Bombardier, 2002, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Hobart embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked Bombardier, 2002, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Geelong, Hobart | |
| 1 Aug 1915: | Involvement Bombardier, 2002, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2002 awm_unit: 3rd Australian Field Artillery Brigade awm_rank: Bombardier awm_died_date: 1915-08-01 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Richard Ford Higgins and step-son of Bertha Hilda Higgins of Scott Street, Newtown, Tasmanis
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British Was Medal, Victory Medal
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