Service Details
Name:
 HIGGINS
Given Name:
 GORDON SAMUEL BATES
Initials:
 G S B
Service No:
 2289
Rank:
 Corporal
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Regiment:
 Rhodesian Light Infantry
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Unit:
 1st Battalion
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Unit 2:
 "A" Coy.
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Date of Death:
 1961-08-02
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Date of Birth:
 1933-04-09
Age:
 28
Cause of Death:
 Died of injuries, chest crushed whilst climbing Matteposs Mountains
Additional
Information:
Son of Samuel and Doris May Higgins. Born Ashted, Birmingham. An asplalte supervisor. ref. "Rhodesian Roll of Honour" by P. Geldenhuys (Roll compiled by Dr. J. R. T. Wood). Amendments from "Rhodesian Combined Forces Roll of Honour 1966-1981", by Adrian Haggett and Gerry van Tonder.
Commemoration
Country:
 United Kingdom
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Locality:
 Warwickshire
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Cemetery:
 BIRMINGHAM (WITTON) CEMETERY
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