Digitized Service Record
Source: Per photograph of headstone by the London Robinsons at the 18th Battalion Facebook Group.
Family Search: Walter John Higgins was born on 11 February 1891, in London, England, United Kingdom as the son of Thomas William Higgins and Elizabeth Story. He married Emmeline Tryphena Everett on 24 February 1921, in Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He immigrated to Canada in 1913 and lived in Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada in 1915 and Toronto, Ontario, Canada in 1920. He registered for military service in 1915. In 1915, at the age of 24, his occupation is listed as labourer in Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada. He died on 21 February 1968, at the age of 77, and was buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, West McGillivray, North Middlesex, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada.
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 