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HIGGINS, John Campbell
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 419178 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 July 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Warrant Officer |
| Last Unit: | No. 2 Operational Training Unit Mildura |
| Born: | Mildura , Victoria, Australia, 4 May 1923 |
| Home Town: | Mildura, Mildura Shire, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Accidental (Flying Accident), Wentworth, New South Wales, Australia, 27 August 1945, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
Mildura (Nichols Point) Public Cemetery, Victoria War Graves Plot C. Row D. Grave 7, Mildura Public Cemetery, Mildura, Victoria, Australia |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Warrant Officer, 419178 | |
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| 17 Jul 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, No. 2 Operational Training Unit Mildura | |
| 17 Jul 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Warrant Officer, 419178 |
Personal Stories
Dive-bombing exercise
When his Kittyhawk crashed in Mildura yesterday during a dive-bombing exercise,
W/O John Campbell Higgins, of Black Rock, was killed.
Submitted 19 October 2015 by Faithe Jones
Biography contributed by David Barlow
Son of Edward Valentine Bindon Higgins and Jean Aitchieson Higgins of Black Rock, Victoria
Pilot of Kittyhawk aircraft A29-190 of Number 2 Operational Training Unit which crashed near Wentworth, NSW
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