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HIGGS, Francis William
Personal Details
Service Number: | 6870 |
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Enlisted: | 23 October 1916, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 2nd Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Randwick, New South Wales, Australia, 1884 |
Home Town: | Randwick, Randwick, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Carpenter |
Died: | Killed in Action, France, 9 August 1918 |
Cemetery: |
Heath Cemetery, Picardie Plot 111, Row A, Grave 13. Headstone inscription reads: My love for you my darling husband will never fade away |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
23 Oct 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6870, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW | |
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8 Nov 1916: | Involvement Private, 6870, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Port Nicholson embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
8 Nov 1916: | Embarked Private, 6870, 2nd Infantry Battalion, SS Port Nicholson, Sydney |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Walter Higgs and Jane Higgs nee Lee of Randwick, NSW.
Husband of Alice Anne Jane Higgs of George Street, Waterloo, NSW later of Boussole Road, Dacryville, NSW
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal