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Lance Corporal ROLAND CHARLES HIGGS

Service Number: 388
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

41st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 08 July 1917

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MESSINES RIDGE BRITISH CEMETERY

V. C. 45.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of Albert Edward and Emily Higgs, of Prince St., Ipswich Rd., South Brisbane, Queensland. Native of Bristol, England.
  • Personal Inscription HIS LIFE'S WORK TRULY DONE ERE LIFE HAD SCARCE BEGUN MANLY, UNSELFISH
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Buried or commemorated at

MESSINES RIDGE BRITISH CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 1539
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