HIGGISON, George Gordon Edward
| Service Number: | 1562 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 9th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1886 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | 1951, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 1 Service
| 13 Feb 1915: | Involvement Private, 1562, 9th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Choon embarkation_ship_number: A49 public_note: '' | |
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| 13 Feb 1915: | Embarked Private, 1562, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Choon, Brisbane |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
George Gordon Edward Higgison enlisted in Brisbane under the surname Higgerson. He later signed a statuary declaration stating his surname was Higgison. Higgison, serving with the 4th Pioneer Battalion AIF was severely wounded by a high explosive shell on the 29 September 1917, and his right leg was soon after amputated. He was returned to Australia during January 1918.
By this time his two brothers, 3485 Pte. Sydney Percy Higgison 53rd Battalion AIF had been killed in action at Fromelles 19 July 1916, and 6991 Pte. Arthur Ernest John Higgison 2nd Battalion AIF, was killed in action in Belgium, 22 September 1917, aged 38.
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