~~~BRIGGS, John_Australian Imperial Force_ AIF_The Great War. (Service).~~~
Parents……Joseph Alfred Briggs and Mary Ann Fletcher married Dec 1876, Lincolnshire, England.
Australian Imperial Force Number……2110, (15th Battalion, 6th Reinforcement).
Religion……Church of England
Civil employ......Labourer
Home Address......Nudgee, Sandgate Line, Queensland.
Marital status......Single
Next of kin......Brother, Mr George Briggs, Nudgee, Sandgate Line, Queensland.
Attested into AIF...... 29 March 1915 in Brisbane, Queensland.
Age on enlistment......35 years and 9 months.
Affirmed Rank on enlistment/death...... Private.
Final Posting......15th Australian Infantry Battalion, AIF.
Embarked from......Brisbane, Queensland, aboard HMAT A63 Karoola on 12 June 1915.
Fate...... Killed in Action, 8th August 1915, Gallipoli Peninsula, Turkey.
Dedicated War Cemetery......7th Field Ambulance Cemetery (Special memorial B. 38), Gallipoli.
War service...... Egypt, Gallipoli
Medals...... 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Commemorated......Panel number 75, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial.
Private John Briggs, 15th Australian Infantry Battalion, A.I.F.#2110
~~~BRIGGS, John_Australian Imperial Force_ AIF_The Great War. (Service).~~~
Parents……Joseph Alfred Briggs and Mary Ann Fletcher married Dec 1876, Lincolnshire, England.
Australian Imperial Force Number……2110, (15th Battalion, 6th Reinforcement).
Religion……Church of England
Civil employ......Labourer
Home Address......Nudgee, Sandgate Line, Queensland.
Marital status......Single
Next of kin......Brother, Mr George Briggs, Nudgee, Sandgate Line, Queensland.
Attested into AIF...... 29 March 1915 in Brisbane, Queensland.
Age on enlistment......35 years and 9 months.
Affirmed Rank on enlistment/death...... Private.
Final Posting......15th Australian Infantry Battalion, AIF.
Embarked from......Brisbane, Queensland, aboard HMAT A63 Karoola on 12 June 1915.
Fate...... Killed in Action, 8th August 1915, Gallipoli Peninsula, Turkey.
Dedicated War Cemetery......7th Field Ambulance Cemetery (Special memorial B. 38), Gallipoli.
War service...... Egypt, Gallipoli
Medals...... 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Commemorated......Panel number 75, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial.
Private John Briggs, 15th Australian Infantry Battalion, A.I.F.#2110
Inscription
BELIEVED TO BE
BURIED IN THIS CEMETERY
2110 PRIVATE
J. BRIGGS
15TH BN. AUSTRALIAN INF.
8 AUGUST 1915
"THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT
BE BLOTTED OUT"
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