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BRIGGS, Edgar Charles

Service Numbers:	6249, T253563
Enlisted:	8 June 1916, Claremont, Tasmania
Last Rank:	Major
Last Unit:	Brighton POW Camp
Born:	Port Frederick, Tasmania, 7 June 1898
Home Town:	Longford, Northern Midlands, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Natural Causes, Hobart, Tasmania, 11 December 1985, aged 87 years
Cemetery:	Cornelian Bay Cemetery and Crematorium, Tasmania Memorial Location: Derwent Gardens/Area-Garden Bed/Section-FF/Site No., 5,W.
Memorials:	Lindisfarne Officers of the 12th Battalion Pictorial Honour Roll

World War 1 Service

8 Jun 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6249, 12th Infantry Battalion, Claremont, Tasmania
24 Aug 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 6249, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Botanist, Melbourne
24 Aug 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6249, 12th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Botanist embarkation_ship_number: A59 public_note: ''
13 Mar 1918:	Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 12th Infantry Battalion
2 Jan 1919:	Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 12th Infantry Battalion
4 Feb 1920:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 12th Infantry Battalion

World War 2 Service

29 Apr 1940:	Enlisted T253563, Hobart, Tasmania
29 Apr 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Major, T253563
29 Jul 1946:	Discharged Major, T253563, Brighton POW Camp

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