Francis William HIGGS

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Service Number:	6870
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

23 Oct 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6870, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
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

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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