BRIGGS, Oswald Leonard
Service Number: | 6856 |
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Enlisted: | 8 March 1916, Adelaide, South Australia |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 10th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Inkerman via Port Wakefield, South Australia, 5 September 1887 |
Home Town: | Port Wakefield, Wakefield, South Australia |
Schooling: | Malakhoff Publi School, Port Wakefield |
Occupation: | Farmer |
Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 17 December 1917, aged 30 years |
Cemetery: |
Bethleem Farm West Cemetery, Belgium Row F, Grave 12 Chaplain F. Makeham officiated, |
Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Dublin War Memorial, Mallala Wild Horse Plains Roll of Honour, Port Wakefield Bowmans Methodist Church & District WW1 Roll of Honour, Port Wakefield Memorial Arch |
World War 1 Service
8 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Adelaide, South Australia | |
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7 Nov 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6856, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' | |
7 Nov 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 6856, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Adelaide | |
Date unknown: | Involvement 10th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières |
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10 Battalion
Rank - Private
20 January 1917 – To hospital with Pneumonia
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
18 September 1918 – Mother wrote to Base Records stating that she had not yet received her son’s belongings
3 October 1918 - A letter from Base Records to Oswald’s mother in reply to her letter of the 18 September 1918 saying that his belongings had not yet arrived
Son of Thomas and Emma Briggs (nee Videon) of Bowman, later of Prospect. Brother of Albert Leonard, Lileard Myrtle, Myrtle Elizabeth, Leslie Hertwin, Hector Lionel, Iris Lilian and Linella Selma