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Edward HIGBID

Regimental number953
Place of birthLondon, England
ReligionMethodist
OccupationLabourer
AddressPaddington via Alberton
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation43
Height5' 5"
Weight143 lbs
Next of kinWife, Mrs Emily Higbid, Paddington via Alberton
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date12 March 1915
Place of enlistmentNortham, Western Australia
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name32nd Battalion, C Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/49/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A2 Geelong on 18 November 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll32nd Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 31 October 1917
Discharge date14 January 1918
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Disembarked Suez, 18 December 1915.

Found guilty, 22 January 1916, of (1) being absent without leave; (2) disobeying an order given by an NCO: awarded 7 days' confined to camp, and forfeited 3 days' pay.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 17 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 23 June 1916.

Admitted to 14th Field Ambulance, 10 August 1916 (pleurodynia); discharged to duty, 12 August 1916.

Admitted to 15th Australian Field Ambulance, 7 April 1917 (lumbago); transferred to 56th Casualty Clearing Station, 8 April 1917; to 11th Stationary Hospital, Rouen, 9 April 1917 (myalgia); to Base Depot, Etaples, 16 April 1917.

Marched out to England, 1 May 1917; marched in to No 2 Command Depot, Weymouth, 2 May 1917.

Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Berrima', 31 October 1917; disembarked, Adelaide, 27 December 1917; discharged, Adelaide (medically unfit: rheumatism), 14 January 1918.

War service: 2 years 309 days (of which 2 years 40 days were abroad)

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsSurname incorrectly recorded on Embarkation Roll as HEDBIG.
Date of death21 August 1943
SourcesNAA: B2455, HIGBID Edward

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