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HIGGINS, Albert Harley
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1651 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Coolah, New South Wales, Australia, June 1896 |
| Home Town: | Coolah, Warrumbungle Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Coolah Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Grazier |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 9 August 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Vignacourt British Cemetery, Picardie Plot VI, Row A, Grave No. 12. GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Coolah Memorial School of Arts HR1 |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 14 Apr 1916: | Involvement Private, 1651, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
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| 14 Apr 1916: | Embarked Private, 1651, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Ceramic, Sydney |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Albert Higgins was only 19 years of age when his elder brother William Higgins died at the age of 27 at Gallipoli, on the 9th August 1915. Albert enlisted and was mortally wounded by shrapnel to the groin on 8 August 1918. He died of wounds, the next day, three years to the day after his older brother, on the 9 August 1918, aged 22.
Another brother, 4794 Corporal John Thomas Higgins, 53rd Battalion, returned to Australia in 1919.
They were the sons of John Francis and Alica Higgins, of Coolah, New South Wales.