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HIGGINS, Robert Charles Francis

Service Number:	NX39611
Enlisted:	25 July 1941
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/1st HQ Guard Battalion
Born:	North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 27 July 1905
Home Town:	Crows Nest, North Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Crows Nest, New South Wales, Australia, 1 March 1979, aged 73 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

World War 2 Service

25 Jul 1941:	Enlisted Private, NX39611
25 Jul 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX39611
23 Oct 1942:	Involvement Private, NX39611, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, El Alamein, WIA
12 Jan 1945:	Discharged Private, NX39611, 2nd/1st HQ Guard Battalion
12 Jan 1945:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX39611
Date unknown:	Involvement Private, NX39611, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Jeffrey Crisdale

WIA El Alamein (2/17 Bn)