Leslie Francis HIGGS

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Service Number:	3353
Enlisted:	7 July 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	14th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1890
Home Town:	North Fitzroy, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Tailor
Died:	Narrandera, New South Wales, Australia, 1958, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

7 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3353, 14th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
11 Oct 1915:	Involvement Private, 3353, 14th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: ''
11 Oct 1915:	Embarked Private, 3353, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne
30 Nov 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3353, 14th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to chronic otitis media

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Son of John Thomas Higgs and Mary Jane Higgs nee Harley of Barkly Street, North Fitzroy, Victoria

Commenced return to Australia on 25 August 1917 aboard HT Benalla

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1923 Leslie married Evelyn May Corcoran in Victoria