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Lance Corporal ERNEST LEWIS HIGNETT

Service Number: 1285
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

3rd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 17 May 1915

Age 39 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ALEXANDRIA (CHATBY) MILITARY AND WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY

L. 186.

Egypt

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of George Edward and Georgina Allinson Hignett. Born at Whitegate, Cheshire, England.
  • Personal Inscription SWEET JESUS HAVE MERCY ON HIS SOUL MAY HE REST IN PEACE
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Buried or commemorated at

ALEXANDRIA (CHATBY) MILITARY AND WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY
Egypt
Number of casualties: 2865
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