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Don Higgin

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Nominal Roll Vol 3 (Roll 51), Page: 1 - No known copyright restrictions

Nominal Roll Vol 3 (Roll 51), Page: 1 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Don AWMM
  • Surname
    Higgin AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Donald John Higgins AWMM
  • Service number
    • 5074 AWMM
    • 37625 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs Maria Hope Higgin (mother), Feilding, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 1 February 1902 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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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

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Served in South African War as Donald John Higgins

    Father was named James Midgbey Higgins ( Higgin?). AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    10 September 1951 AWMM
    Feilding, Manawatu-Wanganui AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Feilding Cemetery, Feilding, New Zealand AWMM Block 2, Plot 192 AWMM
  • Cemetery name
    Feilding Cemetery Public - Allan - Researcher - 24 December 2018 - Manawatu District Council cemetery records
  • Grave reference
    Block 2 Row 104 Plot 192 Public - Allan - Researcher - 24 December 2018 - Manawatu District Council cemetery records
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
    On Tombstone of John Higgin Public - Allan - Researcher - 24 December 2018 - Manawatu District Council cemetery records
  • Memorial reference
    Block 2 Row 104 Plot 192 Public - Allan - Researcher - 24 December 2018 - Manawatu District Council cemetery records

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
    Military personnel file
    https://collections.archives.govt.nz/en-NZ/web/arena/search#/entity/aims-archive/R16795140
    Further Reference
  • References
    • Stowers, R. (2002). Rough Riders at War: history of New Zealand's involvement in the Anglo-Boer war 1899-1902 and information on all members of the ten New Zealand contingents. Author: Hamilton, N.Z. AWMM
    • New Zealand Contingents to South Africa: Nominal Rolls, (1902). Wellington, N.Z.: Government Printer. AWMM
      51: 1 AWMM
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
24 December 2018AllanFeildingResearcher

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