Kenneth HIGGS

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Service Number:	3251
Enlisted:	26 October 1915, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	17th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1892
Home Town:	Balmain, Leichhardt, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1975, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, NSW East Terrace 1, Wall 5
Memorials:

26 Oct 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3251, 17th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
20 Dec 1915:	Involvement Private, 3251, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: ''
20 Dec 1915:	Embarked Private, 3251, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suevic, Sydney
16 Mar 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 17th Infantry Battalion
9 Aug 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 17th Infantry Battalion, At Perham Downs, England
17 Apr 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 3251, 17th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit

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Son of Edward John Higgs and Annie Higgs nee McKinnon of Numa Street, Long Nose Point, Balmain, NSW formerly of Leichhardt, NSW

Husband on W.D. Higgs of Victoria Terrace, Durham, England

Commenced return to Australia on 8 January 1919 aboard HT Orsova disembarking on 3 March 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1943c Kenneth married Madge Sylvie Hooper in Randwick, NSW

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