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BRIGGS, John Edward

Service Numbers:	109, 654, 123
Enlisted:	31 August 1914, Brisbane, Queensland
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	49th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Stanthorpe, Queensland, Australia, 10 March 1880
Home Town:	Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Cook
Died:	Shell Fire, France, 15 September 1918, aged 38 years
Cemetery:	Jeancourt Communal Cemetery Extension Plot VI, Row A, Grave No. 14,
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

Boer War Service

1 Mar 1900:	Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 109, 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry
1 Jan 1902:	Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 654, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen

World War 1 Service

31 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 123, Brisbane, Queensland
24 Sep 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 123, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Star of England, Brisbane
24 Sep 1914:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 123, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of England embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: ''
9 May 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 123, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli
15 Sep 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 123, 49th Infantry Battalion, "The Last Hundred Days"

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NOTE: Initially enlisted under the name Charles BRIGGS