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Dick George BRIGGS

Regimental number4627
Place of birthSydney New South Wales
SchoolDrummoyne Public School, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressOssett, Bridge Street, Drummoyne, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation25
Next of kinFather, . W Briggs, Ossett, Bridge Street, Drummoyne, New South Wales
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date16 June 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name3rd Battalion, 14th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/20/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board RMS Osterley on 15 January 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll3rd Battalion
FateKilled in Action 9 April 1917
Place of death or woundingHermies, France
Date of death9 April 1917
Age at death27
Age at death from cemetery records27
Place of burialBeaumetz Cross Roads Cemetery (Special Memorial 3), Beaumetz-les-Cambrai, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
35
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Walter and Kate BRIGGS, "Orsett", Bridge Street, Drummoyne, New South Wales
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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