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Thomas Cecil Higginson

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Portrait from In Memoriam, 1914-1918 [Wanganui Collegiate School], 1919[?] - No known copyright restrictions

Portrait from In Memoriam, 1914-1918 [Wanganui Collegiate School], 1919[?] - No known copyright rest …

Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Thomas Cecil AWMM
  • Surname
    Higginson AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    29 February 1892 Public Source
  • Date of birth
    29 February 1892 Public - Nicki - Other relative - 15 October 2017 - New Zealand Births, Deaths & Marriages online Birth index (NZBDM 1892/2137)
  • Place of birth
    Wellington, New Zealand Public - Nicki - Other relative - 15 October 2017 - New Zealand Births, Deaths & Marriages online Birth index (NZBDM 1892/2137)
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 England, United Kingdom AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

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
    Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of Harry Pasley Higginson, and Florence Higginson.

    "Here from the beginning of 1908 for two years, fell in action in France September 15th, 1915. He was sheep-farming at the outbreak of war, but gave this up and left for England in December, 1914. There he was immediately given a 2nd Lieutenancy in the 4th Battalion Grenadier Guards, and after a period of training was sent over to France attached to a machine gun battalion. Some months later he received his promotion to first Lieutenancy." (In Memoriam, 1914-1918 [Wanganui Collegiate School]) AWMM
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Death

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  • Death
    15 September 1916 AWMM
    Age 24 AWMM
    Somme, Northern France AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Thiepval Memorial, Authuile, Somme, France AWMM

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Sources

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  • External links
    Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
    http://www.cwgc.org
    Sources Used
  • References
    In Memoriam, 1914-1918. (1919).Wanganui, N.Z.: Collegiate School. AWMM

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15 October 2017NickiPrebbletonOther relative

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