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Frederick Higgs

  • Service number
    5216 AWMM
  • Also known as
  • Armed force / branch
    • Army AWMM
    • NZ Mounted Rifles - 8th Contingent, NI "B"Coy Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 18 July 2015 - Military Record
  • Last rank
  • War
    South African War, 1899-1902 AWMM
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South African War Memorial, on a wall near RSA entranceway, Gisborne. "Volunteers from Poverty Bay who served in the Sth African War 1899-1902". Image kindly provided by Paul Baker (December 2008). Image has no known copyright restrictions.

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Identity

About

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  • Title
    Private Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 18 July 2015 - Military record
  • Forenames
    Frederick AWMM
  • Surname
    Higgs AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    5216 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 18 July 2015 - Military record

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    1881 Public Source
  • Date of birth
    1881 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 18 July 2015 - Military Record & research
  • Place of birth
    NZ Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 18 July 2015 - Military Record & research
  • Birth notes
    son of James & Ann Higgs Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 18 July 2015 - Military Record & research
  • Address before enlistment
    Waerenga-a-hika, Gisborne Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 18 July 2015 - Military record
  • Post war occupation
    Lived at Rangitira, Te Karaka Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 18 July 2015 - Military Record & Research
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    father - James Higgs of Waerenga-a-hika Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 18 July 2015 - Military record
  • Relationship status
    single
    1907 - married Winifred Margaret Stevenson McKendrick WALLACE Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 18 July 2015 - Military record & research

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    South African War, 1899-1902 AWMM
  • Campaign
    Cape Colony Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 18 July 2015 - Military Record
  • Armed force / branch
    • Army AWMM
    • NZ Mounted Rifles - 8th Contingent, NI "B"Coy Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 18 July 2015 - Military Record
  • Service number
    5216 AWMM
  • Military service
    1902 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 18 July 2015 - Military Record
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards
    1902 SA War Medal with clasp Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 18 July 2015 - Military Record

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
    East Coast Mounted Rifles Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 18 July 2015 - Military Record
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
  • Occupation before enlistment
    Labourer Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 18 July 2015 - Military Record
  • Age on enlistment
    20 yrs Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 18 July 2015 - Military Record

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes

Last known rank

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  • Last rank
    Private Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 18 July 2015 - Military Record

Biographical information

Biographical information

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    • Father was named James Higgs. AWMM
    • 25 June 1915 - News was received to-day of the death at Ashburton of Mrs Wallace, relict of the late Mr James Wallace, of Gishorne. Mrs Wallace, after a residence of 32 years in this district, left here about three years ago to live with her daughters and son at Ashhurton. She had been in failing health of late and the death of her son, Ormond, hastened her end. The surviving family consists of Messrs James and. F Higgs, and Miss Emily Wallace, of Ashburton and Mr Alf Wallace, of Gisborne to whom sympathy will be tendered by many Gisborne friends Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 18 July 2015 - Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 13720, 25 June 1915, Page 2
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Death

About death

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  • Death
  • Date of death
    10 June 1959 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 18 July 2015 - Gisborne Cemetery Records
  • Age at death
    79 yrs Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 18 July 2015 - Gisborne Cemetery Records
  • Place of death
    Gisborne, NZ Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 18 July 2015 - Gisborne Cemetery Records
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Taruheru Cemetery AWMM
  • Cemetery name
    Taruheru Cemetery, Gisborne Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 18 July 2015 - Gisborne Cemetery Records
  • Grave reference
    Block: Sec 1; Plot 332B; Warrant # 8837 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 18 July 2015 - Gisborne Cemetery Records
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
    Gisborne's SA War Memorial - refer to document attached "Gisborne Boys in the SA Boer War" Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 18 July 2015 - Research
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    War Memorial Theatre, 159 Bright Street, Gisborne AWMM

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Sources

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18 July 2015Lorraine MGisborne, NZResearcher

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