Lancelot John HIGGS

HIGGS, Lancelot John

Service Number: 5443
Enlisted: 12 November 1915, Enlisted at Casula, NSW
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 4th Infantry Battalion
Born: Picton, New South Wales, Australia, 1893
Home Town: Lindfield, Ku-ring-gai, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Clerk
Died: Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia, 1945, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Not yet discovered
Memorials: Turramurra Methodist Church Roll of Honour
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World War 1 Service

12 Nov 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5443, 19th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Casula, NSW
22 Aug 1916: Involvement Private, 5443, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: ''
22 Aug 1916: Embarked Private, 5443, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Sydney
25 Apr 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 62nd Infantry Battalion, From 19th Battalion
19 Sep 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 19th Infantry Battalion
23 Oct 1919: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 4th Infantry Battalion, In France
26 Apr 1920: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 5443, 4th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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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 James Godfrey Higgs who was killed in action on 26 August 1916 while serving with the 5th Field Ambulance and has no known grave. His name appears on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

On 2 May 1919 Lancelot married Ella Elizabeth Chambers in the Holy Trinity Church, South Giles, Kingsway, England. T.L. Evans officiated. Ella died in Balmain, NSW during 1936c

Commenced return to Australia on 9 December 1919 aboard HT Borda disembarking on 2 February 1920

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1945c Lancelot married Henrietta Corbridge Attenborough in Taree, NSW

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