HIGGINS, Eric George Stanley
Service Number: | 1436 |
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Enlisted: | 20 July 1915 |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 11th Light Horse Regiment |
Born: | Adelaide, South Australia, 8 September 1895 |
Home Town: | Adelaide, South Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Bricklayer |
Died: | Prospect, South Australia, 24 August 1960, aged 64 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia He was cremated on 25 August 1960 and his ashes were interred on 22 February 1966 in the South East Individual Shrub Bed, SB1, Positon 068. Internment number is 250398 and expires on 22 February 2026. His wife Agnes is also buried in the same grave |
Memorials: | Adelaide Gilles Street Primary School WW1 Honour Board (Original), Rose Park Gartrell Memorial Methodist Church Roll of Honour, Tusmore Burnside District Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
20 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1436, 11th Light Horse Regiment | |
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18 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 1436, 11th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: '' | |
18 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 1436, 11th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide | |
15 Oct 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1436, 11th Light Horse Regiment, Discharged at the 4th Military District |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Harry Higgins and Annie HIggins nee Coote of Carrington Street, Adelaide, SA. Brother of Richard Coote Higgins, Leslie Gordon Higgins nd Dudley Coote Higgins
On 25 April 1925 Eric married Agnes Florence Bloomfield in St Cuthbert's Church, Prospect, SA
Eric returned to Australia on 20 July 1919 having seved with the 11th Light Horse Regiment
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Also served in the school cadets