Family Search: Private Frank Higgins was born on 27 April 1878, in Oxford, Ontario, Canada. He lived in Embro, Oxford, Ontario, Canada in 191. He registered for military service in 1916. In 1916, at the age of 38, his occupation is listed as labourer in Embro, Oxford, Ontario, Canada. He died on 17 September 1918, in Chérisy, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France, at the age of 40, and was buried in Dominion Cemetery, Hendecourt-lès-Cagnicourt, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France.
Pte. Higgins Killed.
Another Embro soldier who has also paid the supreme sacrifice, is Pte. Frank Higgins, who succumbed to gunshot wounds in the back. He enlisted with the 168th Battalion and had previously worked in the farm of Geo. Whittaker, near Bennington, having come out to this country from Manchester, England, some eight years ago. He had lived in Embro three years. He is survived by his wife, three daughters, Nora, Dora and Tama, who live in Embro. and three sons, Herbert, Vincent and Wilfred.
Daily Sentinel-Review. September 27, 1918. Page 1.
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 
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