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HIGGINS, Jack Maxwell
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 118650 |
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| Enlisted: | 21 September 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Aircraftman |
| Last Unit: | No. 1 Wireless Air Gunnery School Ballarat |
| Born: | Footscray, Victoria, Australia, 7 November 1923 |
| Home Town: | Footscray, Maribyrnong, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Accidental (Ground Accident), Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 20 February 1943, aged 19 years |
| Cemetery: |
Ballarat New Cemetery and Crematorium, Victoria Plot A Row A Grave 2, Ballarat (New) General Cemetery, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement 118650 | |
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| 21 Sep 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman, 118650, No. 1 Wireless Air Gunnery School Ballarat | |
| 21 Sep 1942: | Enlisted 118650 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Leading Aircraftman Jack Maxwell Higgins 118650 of Number 1 Wireless and Gunnery School Ballarat died from injuries sustained in a truck accident near Newlyn in Victoria
Also killed was a civilian: Harold Maxwell Barrett (16) of Ballarat