John Joseph Aloyius HIGGINS

Regimental number80359
OccupationPainter
Next of kinWife, Mrs E Higgins, Stewart Street, Blenheim
Rank on embarkationLance Corporal
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 42nd Reinforcements, C Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT Tofua on 1 August 1918
Harbour records indicate that the actual date of sailing was 2 August 1918.
Final rankRifleman
Final unitNew Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateDied of disease 10 November 1918
Age at death from cemetery records36
Place of burialCannock Chase War Cemetery (Plot 4, Row A, Grave No 13), Staffordshire, England
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Wife: E. Higgins, Hillersden, Marlborough
Other details

War service: England

Medal: British War Medal
SourcesNominal Rolls Vol. 4: Roll 88, p. 10

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