George Edward HIGGS

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Service Number:	5014
Enlisted:	28 March 1916, Enlisted Adelaide, SA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	27th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Bowmans South Australia, date not yet discovered
Home Town:	Bowmans, Wakefield, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 5 November 1916, age not yet discovered
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Balaklava District WW1 Roll of Honour, Balaklava WW1 & WW2 Honour Roll, Balaklava WW1 & WW2 Memorial, Blyth Boys of the Blyth District WW1 Roll of Honour , Blyth WW1 Memorial, Port Wakefield Bowmans Methodist Church & District WW1 Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

28 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5014, 27th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted Adelaide, SA
24 Jun 1916:	Involvement Private, 5014, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Bulla embarkation_ship_number: A45 public_note: ''
24 Jun 1916:	Embarked Private, 5014, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Bulla, Adelaide

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Son of George Higgs and Agnes Higgs nee McDonald of Bowmans, SA

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal