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Private Amos Higgin

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Name: Higgin, Amos
Date of birth: 1870-05-31
Place of birth: Winton Dorset England
Next of kin: Ellen Higgin, wife. 191 Worsley Road, Swinton, near Manchester, England
Marital status: married
Occupation (attested): Iron and Brass Moulder
Religion: Church of England
Date of death: 1918-11-04
Cause of death: Died of illness
Buried: Vancouver (Mountain View) Cemetery, Block 45. Plot 2. Lot 6.

MILITARY INFORMATION

Regimental number: 443619
Highest Rank: Private
Rank detail
  1. Private, 2nd Battalion, Infantry (Army).
  2. Private (Army).
  3. Private, 54th Battalion, Infantry (Army).
  4. Private (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no

RESEARCH INFORMATION

CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try this.
CWGC ID: 420773
LAC ID: 469856
Attestation record(s): image 1
Service file: B4329-S050
Uploader's Notes:

Son of Amos Higgin and Martha Higgin; husband of Ellen Higgin (nee Ormerod) married August 1, 1885; husband of Sarah Jane Higgin (nee Fowler, later Heywood) married April 21, 1918 of 509 Broad Street, Vancouver, British Columbia

Discharged February 28, 1918 Medically Unfit

Died of nephritis

Grave marker images: https://www.thecphl.com/valour/soldiers/higgin.amos.html

Uploader's Research notes:

54th Battalion Nominal Roll

[Private Army Canadian Infantry 54th Battalion D Company Private Army Canadian Infantry 2nd Battalion Private Army Canadian Infantry Eastern Ontario Regimental Depot Private Army Canadian Army Medical Corps Canadian Army Medical Corps Depot ]

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2021-09-08