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HIGGS, Alfred Howard
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 5342 |
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| Enlisted: | 2 February 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company) |
| Born: | Shepparton, Victoria, Australia, 1887 |
| Home Town: | Sandringham, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Storeman |
| Died: | Rye, Victoria, Australia, October 1953, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Cremation service held on 13 October 1953. Ashes not interred |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 2 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 5342, Mining Corps, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 20 Sep 1916: | Embarked Sapper, 5342, Mining Corps, HMAT Suffolk, Melbourne | |
| 20 Sep 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 5342, Mining Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: '' | |
| 30 Sep 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 5342, Tunnelling Companies, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: '' | |
| 30 Sep 1916: | Embarked Sapper, 5342, Tunnelling Companies, HMAT Suffolk, Melbourne | |
| 25 Mar 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company), From Mining Corps | |
| 22 Jun 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 5342, 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company), Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Frederick Marshall Higgs and Frances Maria Higgs nee Holland of Shepparton, Victoria
Husband of Hilda Olive Higgs of 'Clyde', Henry Street, Sandringham, Victoria
Commenced return to Australia on 28 March 1919 aboard HT Karoa disembarking on 5 May 1919
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal