James Herbert BRANNIGAN

BRANNIGAN, James Herbert

Service Number: 1691
Enlisted: 21 July 1915
Last Rank: Lance Corporal
Last Unit: 13th Infantry Battalion
Born: Islington, New South Wales, Australia, 21 November 1893
Home Town: West Maitland, Maitland, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Labourer
Died: Killed in Action, France, 11 April 1917, aged 23 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)
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World War 1 Service

21 Jul 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1691, 13th Infantry Battalion
17 Dec 1915: Involvement Private, 1691, 30th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: ''
17 Dec 1915: Embarked Private, 1691, 30th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Sydney
24 Aug 1916: Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 13th Infantry Battalion
4 Feb 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1691, 13th Infantry Battalion, The Outpost Villages - German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line, GSW wound to thigh and knee
11 Apr 1917: Involvement Lance Corporal, 1691, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1691 awm_unit: 13 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-04-11

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Biography contributed by Evan Evans

From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
 
Memorialised at Sandgate Cemetery.

105 years ago today, on the 11th April 1917, Lance Corporal James Herbert Brannigan, 13th Battalion (Reg No-1691), labourer from Simpill Street, West Maitland, New South Wales, was Killed in Action at the 1st Battle of Bullecourt, France, age 23.

Born at Islington, New South Wales on the 21st November 1893 (as BRANNAGAN) to James (died 22.8.1933? 

James’s name has been inscribed on the Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, France.

Mr. Brannigan’s name has also been inscribed on the West Maitland and Municipal District Roll of Honor (as J. H. BRANAGAN, photos), West Maitland Soldiers' Memorial and The Capt. Clarence Smith Jeffries (V.C.) and Pte. William Matthew Currey (V.C.) Memorial Wall.

James has been memorialised at his mother’s gravesite at Sandgate Cemetery. CATHOLIC 1- H Com. 124.

Siblings Florence (1892) Newcastle, Myra J (1896) Wickham and William (1898) Wickham.

Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.

Lest We Forget.

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