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HIGGS, Esther Myrtle

Service Numbers:	Not yet discovered
Enlisted:	4 May 1917
Last Rank:	Staff Nurse
Last Unit:	Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1)
Born:	Bright, Victoria, Australia , 1888
Home Town:	Not yet discovered
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Nurse
Died:	Katoomba, New South Wales, Australia , 6 May 1960, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Katoomba General Cemetery Roman Catholic, KRC2, Row 5, Plot 20
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World War 1 Service

4 May 1917:	Enlisted Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1)
29 May 1917:	Involvement Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Khiva embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
29 May 1917:	Embarked Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), RMS Khiva, Melbourne
26 Jun 1917:	Involvement Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, Posted to 34th Welsh General Hospital, Ceolali for duty
10 Apr 1919:	Embarked Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, Returned to Australia 10.4.1919 per “Czar” then “Dongola” On Duty
2 Jul 1919:	Discharged Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1)

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Biography contributed by Leisa Lees

Daughter of Henry Arthur Higgs and Esther Barnett