Cyril Percy HIGGS

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Service Number:	3322
Enlisted:	26 March 1917, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	33rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Paddington, London, England, 1884
Home Town:	Armidale, Armidale Dumaresq, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Soldier
Died:	Heart disease, Randwick, New South Wales, Australia, 1927
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial

26 Mar 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 3322, 36th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
2 Aug 1917:	Involvement Sergeant, 3322, 36th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Miltiades embarkation_ship_number: A28 public_note: ''
2 Aug 1917:	Embarked Sergeant, 3322, 36th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Miltiades, Sydney
30 Apr 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Sergeant, 33rd Infantry Battalion, From 36th Battalion
7 May 1918:	Imprisoned
21 May 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 3322, 33rd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Son of George Higgs and Janet E. Higgs of Lord Road, Cricklewood, England

Commenced return to Australia on 5 March 1919 aboard HT Nevasa disembarking on 23 April 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1924c Cyril married Louise Walsh in Annandale, NSW

Previously served in England with the Middesex Rifles and the Royal Artillery instruction staff