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BRIGGS, Frank
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 5659 |
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| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 59th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Buninyong, Victoria, Australia, 1870 |
| Home Town: | Drouin, Baw Baw, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Benalla State School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Painter |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 22 November 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Drouin War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
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World War 1 Service
| 3 Jul 1916: | Involvement Private, 5659, 6th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ayrshire embarkation_ship_number: A33 public_note: '' | |
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| 3 Jul 1916: | Embarked Private, 5659, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ayrshire, Melbourne | |
| 22 Nov 1916: | Involvement Private, 5659, 59th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 5659 awm_unit: 59th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-11-22 |
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