David HEGGIE

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Service Number:	2878
Enlisted:	8 July 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd Pioneer Battalion
Born:	Balaclava, Victoria, Australia, 1892
Home Town:	Richmond Plains, Loddon, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Maltster
Died:	Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia, 20 October 1951, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Melbourne General Cemetery, Carlton, Victoria Commemorated with a plaque in the Victoria Garden of Remembrance
Memorials:

8 Jul 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2878, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
20 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 2878, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 2878, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Port Lincoln, Melbourne
22 Jan 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2878, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to nephritis

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Son of David Heggie and Amelia Marjory)Emma) Heggie nee Spiers of Balaclava, Victoria

Husband of Florence May Heggie nee Hill of Hutchins Street, Richmond, Victoria. David and Florence married during 1911c in Victoria

Commenced return to Australia 19 October 1917 aboard HT Port Lyttleton disembarking on 15 December 1817

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal