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Private FRANCIS WILLIAM HIGGS

Service Number: 6870
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 09 August 1918

Age 34 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HEATH CEMETERY, HARBONNIERES

III. A. 13.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of Walter and Jane Higgs; husband of Alice A. J. Higgs, of 25, Boussole Rd., Dacryville, New South Wales. Born at Randwick.
  • Personal Inscription MY LOVE FOR YOU MY DARLING HUSBAND WILL NEVER FADE AWAY
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Buried or commemorated at

HEATH CEMETERY, HARBONNIERES
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1860
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