Flight Sergeant [Navigator]

Brian Purdy Higginson

Conflict: 
WW2
Additional Information: 

Son of John Samuel Higginson and of Elsie Mary Higginson (nee Purdy), of Auckland City, New Zealand.

References:
  • CWGC
NZ WAR GRAVES
CONTRIBUTED

Public Contributions:

Brian Higginson is in the middle of the photograph which was taken sometime during 1943 at Lakenheath. He was part of the Hodson crew who lost their lives on their 13th. operation with 199 Squadron.

Personal Tributes:

Casualty

Service Number: 
415760
Name:
Brian Purdy Higginson
Rank: 
Flight Sergeant
Additional Rank:
Navigator
Date of Birth:
Not known
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Occupation on Enlistment:
Public Trust Office Clerk
Armed Force: 
Air Force
Unit:
Royal New Zealand Air Force, 199 (RAF) Squadron

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Killed on air operations
Date of Death:
27 September 1943
Day of Death:
Monday
Age at Death: 
22
Conflict: 
WW2

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:
Royal New Zealand Air Force
Embarkment Date:
02 March 1942

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery Reference: 
6. F. 6.
Cemetery Location: 
Germany
Brian Purdy Higginson
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