Norman Douglas HIGGS

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HIGGS, Norman Douglas

Service Number:	2929
Enlisted:	17 September 1915, at Adelaide
Last Rank:	Second Corporal
Last Unit:	32nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	London, England , May 1888
Home Town:	Adelaide, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Watford, Hertfordshire, England, 1957, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
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World War 1 Service

17 Sep 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2929, 32nd Infantry Battalion, at Adelaide
11 Apr 1916:	Involvement Private, 2929, 32nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
11 Apr 1916:	Embarked Private, 2929, 32nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Adelaide
23 Jan 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Second Corporal, 2929, 32nd Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Walter Richard Higgs and Sarah Agnes Higgs nee Farrer of Sangora Road, Clapham Junction, London, England

Arrived in Adelaide from London on 7 March 1913 aboard Osterley

Husband of Ethel M. Higgs nee Tompkins of Bessborough Street, Westminster, England. Norman and Ethel married on 5 March 1917 in Parish Church, Watford, Herts, England. Alfred J. Kempe officiated

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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