Private Frank Higgins
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Date of birth: 1878-04-27
Place of birth: Oxford Country Canada
Next of kin: June Elizabeth Higgins Embro, Ontario Wife
Marital status: married
Occupation (attested): Labourer
Occupation (normalized): Labourer
Address:
Embro, Ontario
Religion: Methodist
Date of death:
1918-09-17
Cause of death:
Died of wounds
Buried:
Dominion Cemetery, II. B. 6.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 675969
Highest Rank:
Private
(18th Battalion)
Rank detail
Private, 18th Battalion, Infantry (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: “DIED OF WOUNDS” He was severely wounded in the head by enemy shrapnel, during operations near Baralle on the 16th, September, 1918. After receiving attention he was taken to No. 4 Canadian Field Ambulance, where he died the next day.
Commemoration location: Cenotaph, Memorial Park, Embro, West Zorra Township, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada
RESEARCH INFORMATION
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CWGC ID: 316370
LAC ID:
465688
Service file: B4331-S038
Uploader's Research notes: [Private Army Canadian Infantry 18th Battalion ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2015-01-05