Robert Edward Higginbotham was born in Brandon, Manitoba, Canada in January 1893. He was a law student who initially served during the Great War in the ranks with the 1st Divisional Ammunition Sub-Park, Canadian Army Service Corps in Salonika.
Having advanced to Acting Company Sergeant Major, Higginbotham was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Royal Field Artillery.
He was killed in action whilst serving with ‘B’ Battery, 115th Brigade in Salonika, 29 September 1918.
He is buried in the Doiran Military Cemetery, Greece.
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