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HIGGINS, Thomas John
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 114 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 September 1914, Enlisted at Gympie, QLD |
| Last Rank: | Trooper |
| Last Unit: | 5th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia, 1882 |
| Home Town: | Cooran, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 28 June 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
Shell Green Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula Plot 1, Row A, Grave 9 Chaplain J.K. Miller officiated, Shell Green Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Gympie & Widgee War Memorial Gates, Gympie & Widgee War Memorial Gates, Imbil Mary Valley Enlistments WW1 Honour Board, Imbil War Memorial, Kandanga Cemetery Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 22 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 114, 5th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Gympie, QLD | |
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| 21 Dec 1914: | Involvement Private, 114, 5th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: '' | |
| 21 Dec 1914: | Embarked Private, 114, 5th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Persic, Sydney | |
| 28 Jun 1915: | Involvement Trooper, 114, 5th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 114 awm_unit: 5th Australian Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1915-06-28 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of B. Higgins of Coles Creek, Cooran, QLD. Brother of Brian Higgins who was killed in action on 29 July 1916 while serving with the 25th Battalion and has no known grave. Name appears on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
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