Walter Arthur Horace Higman

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HIGMAN, Walter Arthur Horace

Service no: 4512

Place of birth: Orange, 1896

Address: Kia-ora, Wondai, QLD

Occupation: Carpenter

Next of kin: Ann Jane Higman (mother), Kia-ora, Wondai, QLD

Date of enlistment: 4 September 1915

Place of enlistment: Brisbane, QLD

Age at enlistment: 19

Fate: Embarked HMAT A62 Wandilla Brisbane 31 January 1916. Disembarked Alexandria, Egypt 5 March 1916. Appointed Lance Corporal France 9 August 1916. Wounded in action, suffering a gunshot wound to the knee 31 August 1916. Hospitalised Rouen 2 September 1916. Returned to unit 17 October 1916. Promoted to Corporal 27 February 1917. Wounded in action, suffering a gunshot wound to the head Belgium 7 June 1917. Died of wounds 2nd Australian Casualty Clearing Station, Belgium 8 June 1917.

Date of death: 8 June 1917

Buried: Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, France, Plot 3, Row C, Grave 245