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BRIGGS, Henry David
Personal Details
Service Number: | 19956 |
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Enlisted: | 5 January 1916 |
Last Rank: | Bombardier |
Last Unit: | 8th Field Artillery Brigade |
Born: | Warragul, Vic., 25 December 1890 |
Home Town: | Balaclava, Port Phillip, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Car Gripman |
Died: | Victoria, 3 January 1974, aged 83 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Dodonaea, Colonnade 3, Section H, Niche 86 |
Memorials: | Buln Buln Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
5 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Bombardier, 19956, 8th Field Artillery Brigade | |
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20 May 1916: | Involvement Bombardier, 19956, 8th Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: '' | |
20 May 1916: | Embarked Bombardier, 19956, 8th Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Medic, Melbourne |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Wounded twice in France, last wound left him with a piece of shrapnel in his spine (At the time it could not be removed without causing too much damage) it remained there for he rest of his life.
He returned to Aust. 1919