BRIGGS, Alfred Henry
| Service Number: | 1072 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 October 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Remount Unit (AIF) |
| Born: | Longford, Tasmania, Australia, 23 February 1867 |
| Home Town: | Longford, Northern Midlands, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Saddler |
| Died: | Longford, Tasmania, 7 January 1921, aged 53 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Christ Church Cemetery, Longford, Tasmania |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 5 Oct 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1072, 1st Remount Unit (AIF) | |
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| 12 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 1072, 1st Remount Unit (AIF), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '24' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: '' | |
| 12 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 1072, 1st Remount Unit (AIF), HMAT Orsova, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Alfred was the father of three sons who enlisted in the AIF. He himself enlisted at almost fifty years of age in the Australian Remount Unit, six months after his young son, 180 Corporal Guy Alfred Briggs 12th Battalion AIF, had been killed at the Anzac landing on Gallipoli. His other two sons were 1047 Sergeant Leonard Briggs M.M. 26th Battalion AIF and Lieutenant Edgar Charles Briggs 12th Battalion AIF.
Alf was a saddler in Longford, Tasmania served as military saddler. He didn’t return from the Middle East until July 1918. His health was somewhat impaired, as he suffered several bouts of debility while on service. The father of twelve children, he passed away in Longford during January 1921.
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