BRANNIGAN, James Herbert
| Service Number: | 1691 |
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| 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) |
World War 1 Service
| 21 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1691, 13th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 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, German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line and Outpost Villages, 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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Add my storyBiography 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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