HIGGINS E.McD.

Given Names:  Esmonde MacDonald

Service Number:  39654

Unit:  Field Artillery Brigade, 35th reinforcements                                                              

Rank:  Gunner 

Paybook Number:  611354

Age:  20 Yrs  7 Mths

Occupation:  Student                                                                                                     

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Church of England

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  8½ In                  

Weight:  142 Lbs

Chest:  32-36 In

Hair:  Brown

Eyes:  Blue

Complexion:  Fresh

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  19/11/1917

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  FATHER  John Higgins

Ardmore', 7 Ridgeway Avenue, Kew, Victoria                                                                    

Embarkation Date:  30/4/1918

Port:  Sydney  

Ship:  SS Port Darwin

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:               

Embarked:      

Disembarked: 

Unit:  6th Field Artillery Brigade                                                                                                     

Rank:  Gunner

Discharge Date:  10/6/1920                       

Place:  England

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  Not earned

British War Medal:  2530

Victory Medal:  2530

Other:    

BIRTH

Date or Year:  26/3/1897

Place:  Malvern, Victoria                          

Father:  John HIGGINS                           

Mother:  Catherine McDONALD

MARRIAGE

Year:  1935     

Place:  Sydney

Spouse: Marjorie Josephine GARDNER

DEATH

Date or Year: 25/12/1960                        

Place: Croydon, New South Wales           

Burial:  ,

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Balliol College, Oxford to read modern history on non-military employment; February 1919

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

University of Melbourne

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

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