HIGGINSON, Ernest Everard Chester
| Service Number: | 249 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 August 1914, Enlisted at Randwick, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1893 |
| Home Town: | West Maitland, Maitland, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | West Maitland School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Railway Porter |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Turkey, 20 May 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
Lone Pine Cemetery, ANZAC Plot 11, Row D, Grave 5 Headstone inscription reads: To my dear son, blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God, |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board, West Maitland Superior Public School Honor Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 17 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 249, 2nd (SA) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC), Enlisted at Randwick, NSW | |
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| 18 Oct 1914: | Involvement Sergeant, 249, 2nd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: '' | |
| 18 Oct 1914: | Embarked Sergeant, 249, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Sydney | |
| 1 Jan 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 2nd Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Ernest and Katherine Ann Higginson of 15 Steam Street, West Maitland, NSW
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Biography contributed by John Oakes
Ernest E HIGGINSON was born about February 1893 in Granville, Sydney, NSW.
Ernest Everard Chester Higginson, (Service Number 249) gave his ‘trade or calling’ upon his enlistment at Randwick on 27 August 1914 as ‘Porter in charge of transhipment of goods’. He was unmarried and gave his mother as next of kin.He served in the 2nd Battalion.
He embarked from Sydney on HMAT A23 ‘Suffolk’ on 18th October 1914. He was promoted to Sergeant and allotted to the 2nd Battalion on 1st January 1915.
He was killed in action on 20th May 1915, at Gallipoli. He was 22 when he died. At first, he was buried in Browns Dip North Cemetery, Gallipoli, 500 yards S of Anzac Cove but his remains were later exhumed and re-interred in Lone Pine Cemetery, in plot 2, row D, grave 5.
Consequent of his death, his mother was sent the 1914/15 Star, the British War Medal, and the Victory Medal for his service.
- based on the Australian War Memorial Honour Roll and notes for the Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board.