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Military service
Service number:
H/59534
Age:
24
Rank:
Gunner
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Artillery
Division:
13 Field Regt.
Birth:
February 19, 1920
Wrexham, Glamorganshire
Enlistment:
December 30, 1940
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Death:
June 6, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
V. E. 12.
Additional information
Son of Arthur Henry and Elsie Higgs, of St. James, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Digital gallery of Gunner William Arthur Higgs
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Newspaper Clipping
In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Grave Marker
A photograph of the headstone at the Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located at Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. May he rest in peace. (J. Stephens) -
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)
Digital gallery of
Gunner William Arthur Higgs
Digital gallery of
Gunner William Arthur Higgs
Digital gallery of
Gunner William Arthur Higgs
Digital gallery of
Gunner William Arthur Higgs
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 334 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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