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John Denis HIGGINS

Regimental number64359
Date of birth13 December 1898
Place of birthWoods Point, Victoria
SchoolSt Joseph's College, Nudgee, Queensland
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll23 July 1918
Unit nameArmy Pay Corps, General Reinforcements
AWM Embarkation Roll number5/2/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board SS Malta on 16 October 1918
Unit from Nominal RollAustralian Army Pay Corps
FateReturned to Australia 26 July 1919
Discharge date17 September 1919
Other details

War service: embarked, Sydney, 16 October 1918; disembarked, Suez, 22 November 1918. Marched in to Central Training Depot, Moascar, Egypt, 22 November 1918; marched out and allotted to to 11th Light Horse Regiment, 19 December 1918. Taken on strength, 11th Light Horse Regiment, 25 December 1918.

Admitted to 74th Casualty Clearing Station, 15-20 February 1919; to 14th Australian General Hospital, 17 April 1919; discharged, and attached for duty to AIF Headquarters, Cairo, 24 April 1919.

Appointed Sergeant for duty on return voyage to Australia; commenced return to Australia, 26 July 1919 per HT 'Burma'; disembarked, Australia, 1 September 1919; discharged, 17 September 1919.

Medal: British War Medal
Date of death7 July 1979
Place of burialMt. Gravatt Cemetery, Brisbane, Queensland

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