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BRIGGS, Harold

Service Number:	764
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	29th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Geelong, Victoria, Australia, 1895
Home Town:	Geelong, Greater Geelong, Victoria
Schooling:	State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Teamster
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 13 September 1916
Cemetery:	Rue-Petillon Military Cemetery, Fleurbaix, Bethune, Nord Pas de Calais I.M.4.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, East Geelong War Memorial, Geelong East St Matthew's Church Roll of Honour, Torquay Point Danger War Memorial

World War 1 Service

10 Nov 1915:	Involvement Private, 764, 29th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
10 Nov 1915:	Embarked Private, 764, 29th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne
7 Dec 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 764, 29th Infantry Battalion, Disembarkation ex. H.M.A.T. Ascanius at Suez
16 Jun 1916:	Embarked Private, 764, 29th Infantry Battalion, Embarked to join B.E.F. from Alexandria. p.9 S/R
23 Jun 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 764, 29th Infantry Battalion, Disembarkation ex. Tunisian at Marseilles p.9 S/R

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of William James and Mary Ann Briggs, 3 Anderson Street, Geelong East, Victoria