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Ernest Everard Chester HIGGINSON

Regimental number249
Place of birthSydney New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationPorter in charge transhipment of goods
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinMother, Mrs R Higginson, 15 Steam Street, West Maitland, New South Wales
Enlistment date17 August 1914
Rank on enlistmentSergeant
Unit name2nd Battalion, C Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/19/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board Transport A23 Suffolk on 18 October 1914
Rank from Nominal RollSergeant
Unit from Nominal Roll2nd Battalion
FateKilled in Action 20 May 1915
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll)*Given name Ernest Everard
Date of death20 May 1915
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialLone Pine Cemetery (Plot II, Row D, Grave No. 5), Gallipoli
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
33
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Ernest and Katherine HIGGINSON, 15 Steam Street, West Maitland, New South Wales. Native of Granville, New South Wales

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