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HIGGINS, Sydney
Step 1: Personal Details
Service Number: | 852 |
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Enlisted: | 3 April 1916, Claremont, Tasmania |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | Trench Mortar Battery |
Born: | Shannon, Tasmania, Australia, 29 November 1896 |
Home Town: | Apsley, Central Highlands, Tasmania |
Schooling: | Unknown |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Died: | Illness, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 5 May 1980, aged 83 years |
Cemetery: |
Cornelian Bay Cemetery and Crematorium, Tasmania Roman Catholic NDB 275 |
Memorials: | Men of Bothwell Honour Roll |
Biography contributed by Sharyn Roberts
Son of John and Julia HIGGINS of Bothwell, Tas.
Husband of Violet Doris HIGGINS
Biography contributed
Sydney Lewis HIGGINS was born in Shannon, Tasmania on 29th November, 1896
His parents were John HIGGINS & Julia DEANSHAW
He married Violet Doris BEHRENS
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His brother Walter HIGGINS (SN 3332) was killed in action on 28th March, 1918
Another brother Norman Albert HIGGINS (SN 4509) also served during WW1 and returned to Australia in 1917