Tom Roberts Louis HIGGINS

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HIGGINS, Tom Roberts Louis

Service Number:	192
Enlisted:	17 August 1914, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	4th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia, 1893
Home Town:	Tamworth, Tamworth Municipality, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Bookkeeper
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 26 April 1915
Cemetery:	Shell Green Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula Artillery road Plot 7 Headstone inscription reads: He gave his life for honour, Shell Green Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Tamworth ANZAC Park Memorial Gates

World War 1 Service

17 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 192, 4th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
9 Oct 1914:	Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 4th Infantry Battalion
20 Oct 1914:	Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 192, 4th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Sergeant, 192, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Thomas Wiseman Higgins and Annie Ellen Higgins of 'Kaloma', 128 Spencer Road, Watersleigh, NSW formerly from Rawson Avenue, Tamworth, NSW

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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