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HIGGINS, William Joseph
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1349 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 November 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 13th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Coolah, New South Wales, Australia, 1888 |
| Home Town: | Coolah, Warrumbungle Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farm hand |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipol, 9 August 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Coolah Memorial School of Arts HR1, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 18 Nov 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, 1349, 13th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 11 Feb 1915: | Involvement Private, 1349, 13th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Bee embarkation_ship_number: A48 public_note: '' | |
| 11 Feb 1915: | Embarked Private, 1349, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Bee, Sydney |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
William Higgins was among the first men to enlist from Coolah, New South Wales. From information in his Red Cross file, he appears to have been sniped in the trenches near Australia Gully.
His youngest brother Albert Higgins was only 19 years of age when his elder brother William Higgins died at the age of 27 at Gallipoli. Albert enlisted soon after and died of wounds three years later, to the day, on the 9 August 1918, aged 22.
Another brother, 4794 Corporal John Thomas Higgins, 53rd Battalion, returned to Australia in 1919.