Lionel Hastings HIGGS

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Service Number:	3352
Enlisted:	22 August 1916, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	1st Pioneer Battalion
Born:	Leicester, England, 21 August 1886
Home Town:	Bondi, Waverley, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Engineer
Died:	Redfern, New South Wales, Australia, 17 October 1932, aged 46 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Liverpool Cemetery and Crematorium, Sydney, NSW Anglican F, Row 2, Grave 42. Interred on 18 October 1932
Memorials:

22 Aug 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3352, 1st Pioneer Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
25 Nov 1916:	Involvement Private, 3352, 1st Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Beltana embarkation_ship_number: A72 public_note: ''
25 Nov 1916:	Embarked Private, 3352, 1st Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Beltana, Sydney
30 Jan 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3352, 1st Pioneer Battalion, Discharged in England as being medically unfit for home or overseas service

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Son of Alfred Richard Higgs and Constance Hannah Higgs nee Bray of Lincoln Street, Leicester, England

Husband of Eva Mary Higgs nee Hewitt. Lionel and Eva married 25 March 1917 in St. Peters Church of England, Leicester, England

Post war he worked as a school teacher in both Tasmania and NSW

In 1924 he was residing in Auburn, NSW

Medal: British War Medal