Robert Llewellyn HIGGS

HIGGS, Robert Llewellyn

    Service Number: 6030
    Enlisted: 27 March 1916, Enlisted at Geelong, Victoria
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 14th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Kapunda, South Australia, 2 March 1891
    Home Town: Broken Hill, Broken Hill Municipality, New South Wales
    Schooling: Convent School, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
    Occupation: Fitter
    Died: Killed in Action, France, 11 April 1917, aged 26 years
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Broken Hill Barrier District Roll of Honour, Broken Hill War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)
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    World War 1 Service

    27 Mar 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6030, 14th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Geelong, Victoria
    1 Aug 1916: Involvement Private, 6030, 14th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Miltiades embarkation_ship_number: A28 public_note: ''
    1 Aug 1916: Embarked Private, 6030, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Miltiades, Melbourne

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of Phillip Higgs and Margaret Cocks formerly Higgs nee Grabert of Municipal Abbortoirs, Broken Hill, NSW

    Hes was a trained mechanic and a professional skater

    Father of Robert Llewellyn Mountain, (mother was given as Elizabeth Jane Bonner of cheltenham, SA) and who was under the guardianship of Florence Thomas of Churcher Street, Thorngate, SA.

    Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal issued to his mother Margaret Cocks

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