Sydney HIGGINS

HIGGINS, Sydney

Service Number: 852
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
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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