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HIGGS, Alfred
Personal Details
| Service Number: | NX37546 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 30 June 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | Anti Tank Batteries / Companies |
| Born: | Newtown, New South Wales, Australia , 11 May 1920 |
| Home Town: | Auburn, Auburn, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Certificate of entry, secondary school (1st year) |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Illness, Ambon, Netherlands East Indies, 25 July 1945, aged 25 years |
| Cemetery: |
Ambon War Cemetery, Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia CWGC Grave No: Plot 18. Row A. Grave 12. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Gunner, NX37546 | |
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| 30 Jun 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX37546 | |
| 17 Feb 1942: | Imprisoned Ambon, Captured and detained by the Japanese Occupation Force, at Tan Toey (Tantui) Prisoner of War (P.O.W.) Camp, Ambon Island. | |
| 25 Jul 1945: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Gunner, Anti Tank Batteries / Companies, Ambon, Posted to 18th Anti-Tank Battery as part of Gull Force, died on this date whilst a prisoner of the Japanese. Nature of death recorded as bacillary dysentery. |
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