William Robert HIGGINS

HIGGINS, William Robert

    Service Number: 6814
    Enlisted: 16 February 1917, Enlisted Bendigo Victoria allocated to 19th reinforcement’s for the 22nd infantry Battalion at Royal Park Melbourne on 17th March 1917.
    Last Rank: Second Corporal
    Last Unit: 22nd Infantry Battalion
    Born: Eaglehawk, Victoria, Australia, date not yet discovered
    Home Town: Eaglehawk, Greater Bendigo, Victoria
    Schooling: Eagle hawk State School, Victoria, Australia
    Occupation: Labourer
    Died: Natural Causes , 16 April 1969, place of death not yet discovered, age not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Williamstown (General) Cemetery, Victoria, Australia
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    Memorials: Adelaide Grand Masonic Lodge WW1 Honour Board (2), Sailors Gully Eaglehawk North State School No. 1428 Honor Roll The Great War

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    World War 1 Service

    16 Feb 1917: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6814, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted Bendigo Victoria allocated to 19th reinforcement’s for the 22nd infantry Battalion at Royal Park Melbourne on 17th March 1917.
    11 May 1917: Involvement Private, 6814, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
    11 May 1917: Embarked Private, 6814, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne
    10 Feb 1918: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Taken on Strength of the Battalion in the field France
    19 May 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 6814, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Dernancourt/Ancre, Wounded in Action// GSW Head evacuated to 73rd General Hospital Le Havre France for treatment and convalescence
    23 Jul 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 6814, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Villers-Bretonneux, Wounded in Action 2nd occasion East of VB// Gassed severe. Evacuated to 2nd Stationary Hospital Abbeville France for treatment and convalescence
    22 Jan 1919: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Dangerously ill evacuated to 55th Casualty Clearing Station France for treatment and convalescence Bronchitis severe and Feber of Unknown Origin.
    14 Mar 1919: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, War Records Section , Attached to War Records Section UK for duty ex 22nd Battalion/ Convalescence Hammersmith London UK
    22 Jul 1919: Promoted AIF WW1, Second Corporal, War Records Section
    16 Oct 1919: Embarked AIF WW1, Second Corporal, 6814, War Records Section , RTA 3MD Melbourne medically unfit for discharge on HT Pakeha
    7 Aug 1920: Discharged AIF WW1, Second Corporal, 6814, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Discharged 3MD Melbourne medically unfit ex War Records Section London UK Late of the 22nd Infantry Battalion AIF

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