Frank Higgins VOCE MM

VOCE, Frank Higgins

    Service Numbers: 799, V80180
    Enlisted: 19 September 1914, Enlisted Balmoral Victoria allocated to F Company 14th Battalion at Broadmeadows Camp on 1st October 1914
    Last Rank: Sergeant
    Last Unit: 12 Garrison Battalion (VIC)
    Born: Coleraine, Victoria, Australia, 20 October 1888
    Home Town: Brunswick, Moreland, Victoria
    Schooling: Coleraine State School, Victoria, Australia
    Occupation: Labourer
    Died: Natural Causes, Tullamarine, Victoria, Australia, 16 March 1982, aged 93 years
    Cemetery: Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria
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    World War 1 Service

    19 Sep 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 799, 14th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted Balmoral Victoria allocated to F Company 14th Battalion at Broadmeadows Camp on 1st October 1914
    22 Dec 1914: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 799, 14th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
    22 Dec 1914: Embarked Private, 799, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
    15 May 1915: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 799, 14th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, GSW Nose / Face admitted to Mustapha Hospital Egypt for treatment and convalescence
    29 Mar 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, I ANZAC Corps Headquarters, Posted to 1st ANZAC HQ France for duty
    31 May 1918: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Headquarters Australian Imperial Force (AIF), Posted to 5th Army Headquarters France for duty
    3 Jul 1918: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 14th Infantry Battalion, Posted back to 14th Battalion in the field France for duty
    18 Sep 1918: Honoured Military Medal, Breaching the Hindenburg Line - Cambrai / St Quentin Canal, Awarded MM for excellent Bayonet work on combat operations France September 1918 at Ascension Woods
    31 Jan 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 799, 14th Infantry Battalion, Discharged 3MD Melbourne termination Period of Enlistment 1914 personnel

    World War 2 Service

    3 Oct 1939: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, V80180, Depot Battalion (AIF)
    7 Oct 1939: Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, 12 Garrison Battalion (VIC) , Enlisted ANZAC House Melbourne Allocated to 12 Garrison Battalion Broadmeadows Camp for duty
    12 Oct 1939: Promoted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, 12 Garrison Battalion (VIC)
    14 Aug 1941: Promoted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, 12 Garrison Battalion (VIC)
    19 Apr 1943: Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, V80180, 12 Garrison Battalion (VIC) , Discharged 3MD Caulfield Victoria Medically unfit Gastric Ulcer

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