Colin Leslie HIGGIE

Regimental number51255
OccupationClerk
Next of kinMother, Mrs J Higgie, 6 Featherston Terrace, Wellington
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 27th Reinforcements (First Draft), Wellington Infantry Regiment, B Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board SS Tahiti on 12 June 1917
Final rankPrivate
Final unitWellington Infantry Regiment, attached to Light Trench Mortar Battery
FateDied of wounds 2 April 1918
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialWimereux Communal Cemetery (Plot IX, Row D, Grave No 9), France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Robert and Jane H. Higgie, Wanganui
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 8/2275 Douglas Alexander HIGGIE; 10598 James Lawrence Chavannes HIGGIE
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 67, p. 15

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