Alfred Howard HIGGS

HIGGS, Alfred Howard

Service Number: 5342
Enlisted: 2 February 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank: Sapper
Last Unit: 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company)
Born: Shepparton, Victoria, Australia, 1887
Home Town: Sandringham, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Storeman
Died: Rye, Victoria, Australia, October 1953, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne
Cremation service held on 13 October 1953. Ashes not interred
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World War 1 Service

2 Feb 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 5342, Mining Corps, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
20 Sep 1916: Embarked Sapper, 5342, Mining Corps, HMAT Suffolk, Melbourne
20 Sep 1916: Involvement Sapper, 5342, Mining Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: ''
30 Sep 1916: Involvement Sapper, 5342, Tunnelling Companies, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: ''
30 Sep 1916: Embarked Sapper, 5342, Tunnelling Companies, HMAT Suffolk, Melbourne
25 Mar 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company), From Mining Corps
22 Jun 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 5342, 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company), Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Frederick Marshall Higgs and Frances Maria Higgs nee Holland of Shepparton, Victoria

Husband of Hilda Olive Higgs of 'Clyde', Henry Street, Sandringham, Victoria

Commenced return to Australia on 28 March 1919 aboard HT Karoa disembarking on 5 May 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal