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Harold BRIGGS

Regimental number764
Place of birthGeelong, Victoria
SchoolState School, Geelong, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationFarm teamster
AddressCorner of Kilgour & Normanby Roads, Geelong East, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Next of kinFather, W I Briggs, Cnr of Kilgour & Normanby Roads, Geelong East, Victoria
Previous military serviceNil (obtained exemption on account of his distance from the drill hall)
Enlistment date20 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name29th Battalion, C Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/46/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A11 Ascanius on 10 November 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll29th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 28 September 1916
Place of death or woundingFleurbaix, France (Battle of Fromelles)
Date of death13 September 1916
Age at death21.4
Place of burialRue-Petillon Military Cemetery (Plot I, Row M, Grave No. 4), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
115
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Son of William James and Mary Ann Briggs, 3 Anderson Street, Geelong East, Victoria
Family/military connectionsCousin: 19956 Corporal David Henry BRIGGS MM, 8th Field Artillery Brigade, returned to Australia, 3 July 1919.

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