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HIGGINS, Douglas Kevin Ian
Personal Details
Service Numbers: | SX11426, S14132 |
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Enlisted: | 25 February 1941, Wayville, SA |
Last Rank: | Bombardier |
Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
Born: | Adelaide, 19 June 1915 |
Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Died at sea (Montevideo Maru), South China Sea, 1 July 1942, aged 27 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Rabaul Memorial, Rabaul, East New Britain, Papua New Guinea |
Memorials: | Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Rabaul Memorial, Rabaul Montevideo Maru Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
25 Feb 1941: | Involvement Bombardier, SX11426 | |
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25 Feb 1941: | Involvement Bombardier, S14132 | |
25 Feb 1941: | Enlisted Wayville, SA | |
25 Feb 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Bombardier, SX11426 | |
Date unknown: | Involvement |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of William John and Laura Higgins, of Millswood, South Australia.