BRISCOE, Alfred Edward
| Service Number: | 4370 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 November 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 20th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Greta, New South Wales, Australia, 1888 |
| Home Town: | Gosford, Gosford Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Mining Accident, Greta, New South Wales, Australia, 12 December 1922 |
| Cemetery: |
Greta General Cemetery, NSW Inscription To Forget Is Vain Endeavour. Love's Remembrance Lasts Forever. |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 15 Nov 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4370, 20th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 9 Apr 1916: | Involvement Private, 4370, 20th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: '' | |
| 9 Apr 1916: | Embarked Private, 4370, 20th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Sydney | |
| 1 Jul 1919: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal | |
| 10 Oct 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Corporal-20th Battalion, Australian Infantry, A.I.F. - Service No: 4370.
Alfred Briscoe enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force on 15 November 1915 and embarked for active service abroad on 9 April 1916. He was wounded in action 14 November 1916. He returned to Australia on board HMAT "Karmala" arriving in Melbourne on 17 August 1919 and was discharged from the AIF on 10 October 1919. He was accidentally killed, aged 35 years.
Next of kin
Wife, Mrs Clara Theresa Blanch Briscoe, Holden Street, Gosford, New South Wales
Enlistment date 30 October 1915
Rank on enlistment Private
20th Battalion, 11th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number 23/37/2
Age at embarkation 28
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A71 Nestor on 9 April 1916
Rank from Nominal Roll Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll 20th Battalion.
Recommendations (Medals and Awards) Mention in Despatches
Awarded, and promulgated, 'London Gazette' No. 31089 (31 December 1918); 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 61 (23 May 1919).
Returned to Australia 1 July 1919
War service: Western Front
Copy of letter (Officer In Charge Base Records AIF, Victoria Barracks) sent to Alfred's wife, Clara 19th June, 1919 –
"I have much pleasure in forwarding hereunder copy of extract from Fifth Supplement, No. 31089 to the ‘London Gazette' dated 27th December, 1918 relating to the conspicuous services rendered by the undermentioned member of the Australian Imperial Force.
MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES
The following is a continuation of Sir DOUGLAS HAIG's Despatch of the 8th November, 1918 submitting names deserving of special mention:-
No. 4370 Corporal A. E. BRISCOE
The above has been promulgated in Commonwealth of Australia Gazette, No. 61, dated 23rd May, 1919."
He was one of six brothers who served in the Great War. See John and Walter Clyde Briscoe.
Family Members
Parents
Alfred Edward Briscoe 1860–1911
Jane Anne Rostron Davoren 1863–1947
Spouse-Clara Theresa Blanch [nee Hennessey] Briscoe 1883–1952 (m. 1912)
Siblings
Caroline Lily Brooker 1884–1947-married George Richard Brooker 1885–1975 in 1909.
Leopold Lionel Briscoe 1894–1916. He fell iat Fromelles, Departement du Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France on 20th July.
Nellie Jane Briscoe 1895–1896
Children
Leopold Edward Briscoe 1913–1957
Walter Andrew Briscoe 1915–1924
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