Alfred Percy HIGGS

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Service Number:	2920
Enlisted:	20 September 1916, Enlisted at Toowoomba, QLD. Previously tried enlist on 2 December 1915 but was discharged soon after as medically unfit
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	47th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Paignton, Devon, England, 1891
Home Town:	Childers, Bundaberg, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Stockman
Died:	Lutwyche, Queensland, Australia, 13 January 1953, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Lutwyche Cemetery, Brisbane, Qld ANZAC area, Section 8, Row 9, Grave 55
Memorials:	Town of Roma and Shire of Bungil WW1 Honour Board, Yuleba Cenotaph War Memorial

20 Sep 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2920, 47th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Toowoomba, QLD. Previously tried enlist on 2 December 1915 but was discharged soon after as medically unfit
27 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 2920, 47th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Marathon embarkation_ship_number: A74 public_note: ''
27 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 2920, 47th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Marathon, Brisbane
17 Mar 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2920, 47th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 1st Military District as medically unfit due to deformed chest

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Son of Alfred Higgs and Susan Higgs nee Hutton of Paigton, Devon, England

Next of kin given as his brother Harold D. Higgs of Paignton, Devon, England

Commenced return to Australia on 12 December 1917

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal