HIGGS, Lancelot John
| Service Number: | 5443 |
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| Enlisted: | 12 November 1915, Enlisted at Casula, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 4th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Picton, New South Wales, Australia, 1893 |
| Home Town: | Lindfield, Ku-ring-gai, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia, 1945, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Turramurra Methodist Church Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 12 Nov 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5443, 19th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Casula, NSW | |
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| 22 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 5443, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Aug 1916: | Embarked Private, 5443, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Sydney | |
| 25 Apr 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 62nd Infantry Battalion, From 19th Battalion | |
| 19 Sep 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 19th Infantry Battalion | |
| 23 Oct 1919: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 4th Infantry Battalion, In France | |
| 26 Apr 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 5443, 4th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Percival Higgs Florence Anna Higgs nee Brown of 'Hazelgrove', Gordon Road, Lindfield, NSW
Brother of Henry Rudolph Higgs who returned to on 25 October 1917 Australia in 1917 having served with the 17th Battalion and James Godfrey Higgs who was killed in action on 26 August 1916 while serving with the 5th Field Ambulance and has no known grave. His name appears on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial
On 2 May 1919 Lancelot married Ella Elizabeth Chambers in the Holy Trinity Church, South Giles, Kingsway, England. T.L. Evans officiated. Ella died in Balmain, NSW during 1936c
Commenced return to Australia on 9 December 1919 aboard HT Borda disembarking on 2 February 1920
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
During 1945c Lancelot married Henrietta Corbridge Attenborough in Taree, NSW
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