James Godfrey (Jim) HIGGS

HIGGS, James Godfrey

Service Number: 10287
Enlisted: 17 November 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 5th Field Ambulance
Born: St Leonards, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1897
Home Town: Turramurra, Ku-ring-gai, New South Wales
Schooling: Gordon Public School and Chatwood High School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation: Clerk
Died: Killed in Action, Mouquet Farm, France, 26 August 1916
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Turramurra Methodist Church Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)
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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Percival Higgs Florence Anna Higgs nee Brown of 'Hazelgrove', Gordon Road, Lindfield, NSW

Brother of Henry Rudolph Higgs who returned to on 25 October 1917 Australia in 1917 having served with the 17th Battalion and Lancelot John Higgs who returned to Australia on 2 February 1920 having served with the 19th and 4th Battalions

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal