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Australians
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Hint: This site is intended as a search aid - not a definitive source. It is essentially an index to documents that seem to relate to this person plus a very brief precis of relevant elements. Sources often conflict and I also flag things with a ? when I am unsure. So if the information below is important to you, then please check the original sources to see what else they contain (and in case I have inadvertantly introduced transcription and/or precising errors). There can be additional information that was not included in the database for both space and copyright reasons.
| Surname | | HIGGS |
| Given Name(s) or Initial(s) | | Horace |
| Regimental Number | | 1050 |
| Rank | | Bugler |
| Unit Name | | 2nd Australian Commonwealth Horse (SA) |
| State | | SA |
Extracts and Comments
(from Sources as shown) | |
Murray: 'D'Sqn.
Newbury1: WW1 AIF 5Pn.Bn. died of wounds 7.10.1917.
URL1: WW1 AIF 3707 Private 10Bn. died of wounds Belgium 7.10.1917, enlisted Adelaide SA.
URL2: mounted policeman from Coonawarra SA.
B5207: clerk aged 18 from ?Adelaide SA.
URL3: clerk aged 18 from Adelaide SA, born in Stoke Eng. next of kin father in Adelaide.
URL4: On Thursday evening [13.2.1902] a social was held in connection with C Company, First Regiment, 1st Battalion Infantry, at the Warrant and Non-commissioned Officers' Club room, Parade Ground. Captain FM BLAIR presided. He asked Lieutenant-Colonel GENDERS to present tokens of esteem, on behalf of the company, to Lieutenant DOLLMAN, who had been promoted to the command of D Company, First Regiment Infantry, and to Bugler HIGGS and Trooper CAIRE, who had been selected members of the South Australian unit of the First Federal Contingent. (Cheers.) ... Bugler HIGGS and Trooper CAIRE received handsome cigarette cases, and briefly acknowledged the gifts.
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Murray: Official Records of the Australian Contingents etc. page(s) 380
Newbury1: South Australians and the South African War page(s) 18
B5207: National Archives of Australia series B5207
B4418: National Archives of Australia series B4418
Ad. Advertiser: Adelaide Advertiser newspaper date(s) 14.2.1902
| | External Link URL1 | | www.awm.gov.au/database/roh.asp | | External Link URL2 | | www.awm.gov.au/cms_images/awm8/14_17_4/pdf/0205.pdf | | External Link URL3 | | naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/imagine.asp?B=682862&I=1&SE=1 | | External Link URL4 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4900498 |
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