Edgar Charles BRIGGS

BRIGGS, Edgar Charles

Service Numbers: 6249, T253563
Enlisted: 8 June 1916, Claremont, Tasmania
Last Rank: Major
Last Unit: Brighton POW Camp
Born: Port Frederick, Tasmania, 7 June 1898
Home Town: Longford, Northern Midlands, Tasmania
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Clerk
Died: Natural Causes, Hobart, Tasmania, 11 December 1985, aged 87 years
Cemetery: Cornelian Bay Cemetery and Crematorium, Tasmania
Memorial Location: Derwent Gardens/Area-Garden Bed/Section-FF/Site No., 5,W.
Memorials: Lindisfarne Officers of the 12th Battalion Pictorial Honour Roll
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World War 1 Service

8 Jun 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6249, 12th Infantry Battalion, Claremont, Tasmania
24 Aug 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 6249, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Botanist, Melbourne
24 Aug 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6249, 12th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Botanist embarkation_ship_number: A59 public_note: ''
13 Mar 1918: Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 12th Infantry Battalion
2 Jan 1919: Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 12th Infantry Battalion
4 Feb 1920: Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 12th Infantry Battalion

World War 2 Service

29 Apr 1940: Enlisted T253563, Hobart, Tasmania
29 Apr 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Major, T253563
29 Jul 1946: Discharged Major, T253563, Brighton POW Camp

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