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Military service
Service number:
B/112940
Age:
20
Rank:
Rifleman
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
May 13, 1924
Toronto, Ontario
Enlistment:
May 14, 1942
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
June 6, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
I. A. 13.
Additional information
Son of Thomas J. and Bertha N. Higgins, of Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Rifleman Charles Edward Higgins
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Grave Marker
This photo of Rfn Higgins' gravemarker was taken by Padre Craig Cameron of The QOR of C in June 1997. -
Obituary
This obituary of Rfn Higgins was clipped from a Toronto newspaper in 1944 by Mrs. Ula Richardson. -
Grave Marker
Photo courtesy of Bruce MacFarlane -
Beny-Sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery
The Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located at Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. (J. Stephens) -
Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of CHARLES EDWARD HIGGINS
Obit - Toronto Telegram - June 1944 -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Charles Edward Higgins
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Charles Edward Higgins
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Charles Edward Higgins
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Charles Edward Higgins
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Charles Edward Higgins
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Charles Edward Higgins
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Charles Edward Higgins
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 334 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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