T19.504.1-15
Collection of Pte Alex HiggIns
(1940, 1944)
Donated by Donna Higgins via friend Sandy Renwick, Belle River. Includes: 4 unmounted campaign medals + Dieppe bar (Defense Medal, 1939-1945 War Medal, Voluntary Service Medal, 1939-1945 Star)(.1), ES shoulder titles (.2), "On to Germany: Words and Music by Sidney Tarleton" sheet (.3), photos of Pte. Alex Higgins 1940 and Fr. Dalton at Mass with Pte. H. 1940 (original and newspaper copies) (.4), POW dog tag #42843 Stalag IX C (.5), softball with names (.6), wall hangings - Essex Scottish + Essex Regt (Tank) (.7), 5 ration cards - post war? (.8), list of POW camps (.9), purple beret for Navy and Air Force veterans (.10). Discharge certifcate in full and miniature (.11). Photocopies of correspondence from POW camp (various dates) (.12). Photo of Pte. Higgins (.13). Copy of Father Dalton's war diaries (.14). Drawn blue print of church (.15).
Details
| History Date | 1940, 1944 |
| Kind | Document |
| Location | Tilston → Chapel → A |
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| Alt Accession Number | 2019.504.1-15 |