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Bombardier JAMES JOSEPH HIGGINS

Service Number: 3111
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps

Date of Death

Died 21 February 1943

Age 49 years old

Buried or commemorated at

STANLEY MILITARY CEMETERY

1. A. 96.

China, (including Hong Kong)

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Military Medal and Bar
  • Additional Info Son of John and Mary Higgins; husband of Rosa Higgins, of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Also served in 1914-18 war.
  • Personal Inscription REMEMBERED BY HIS WIFE ROSA AND SON JOSEPH ALEXANDER
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Buried or commemorated at

STANLEY MILITARY CEMETERY
China, (including Hong Kong)
Number of casualties: 695
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