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HIGGS, Walter Arnold Stanley
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 30208 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 September 1916, Elisted in Sydney, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 12th Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1886 |
| Home Town: | Edgecliff, Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Ploughman |
| Died: | New South Wales, Australia , 1974, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 5 Sep 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 30208, 7th Field Artillery Brigade, Elisted in Sydney, NSW | |
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| 16 Sep 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Gunner, 7th Field Artillery Brigade | |
| 1 Nov 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Driver, 7th Field Artillery Brigade | |
| 9 Nov 1916: | Involvement Driver, 30208, 7th Field Artillery Brigade, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: '' | |
| 9 Nov 1916: | Embarked Driver, 30208, 7th Field Artillery Brigade, HMAT Benalla, Sydney | |
| 10 Jan 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 3rd Division Artillery , In England | |
| 24 Mar 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 12th Field Artillery Brigade , In France. | |
| 31 May 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 30208, 12th Field Artillery Brigade , Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to flat feet |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Albert Arthur Higgs and Margaret Emma Higgs of Ina Terrace, Edgecliff, NSW. Brother of Hubert William Higgs MM who returned to Australia having served with the 6th Battalion and Albert Arthur Higgs who returned to Australia having served with 6th Battalion
Commenced return to Australia on 18 January 1919 aboard HT Margha disembarking on 5 March 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal