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HIGGS, Preston Walter
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 3124 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 August 1916, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | Australian Motor Transport Company |
| Born: | Chudleigh, Tasmania, Australia, 1893 |
| Home Town: | Launceston, Launceston, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Carpenter |
| Died: | British Columbia, Canada, 21 July 1942, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Deloraine War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 8 Aug 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3124, 40th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania | |
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| 10 Feb 1917: | Involvement Private, 3124, 40th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Bee embarkation_ship_number: A48 public_note: '' | |
| 10 Feb 1917: | Embarked Private, 3124, 40th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Bee, Adelaide | |
| 15 Jul 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Machine Gun Companies and Battalions, From 40th Battalion | |
| 17 Oct 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 24th Machine Gun Company, From Machine Gun Details | |
| 24 Apr 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 4th Machine Gun Company | |
| 16 Jan 1919: | Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, Australian Motor Transport Company | |
| 12 Oct 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 3124, Australian Motor Transport Company, Discharged in London. Unit demobilised |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Ernest Corderoy and Emily Laura Higgs nee Biggs of Mole Creek, Tasmania
Husband of Margaret Ellen Higgs nee Marsden of Highgate, London, England. Preston and Ellen married on 29 August 1922 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Cananda
In June 1930 he was residing in Vancouver, Canada
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
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