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Personal Information
Date of Birth Not known
Place of Birth Rutherglen, Victoria
Death 13 Jan 1930
Place of Death Wooroloo (TB Sanatorium), Western Australia
Age at Enlistment 21 years, 9 months
Description 5' 6" (1.68m) tall; weight 147 lbs (66.7 kg); dark complexion, hazel eyes, blonde hair
Occupation Grocer
Religion Church of England
Address NOK Mornington Mills, Western Australia
Next of Kin Father Mr Robert Briggs
Military Information
Reg Number 231
Date of Enlistment 3 Mar 1915
Rank Private
Unit/Formation 28th Battalion, B Company / 7th Brigade, 4th Division
Date of Embarkation 9 Jun 1915 - 30 Jun 1915
Ship Embarked On HMAT A11 Ascanius
Date of Return 28 Feb 1919 - 7 Apr 1919
Ship Returned On HMAT A68 Anchises
Fate Returned to Australia
Monument Bedfordale Honour Board
Medals 1914-15 Star
British War Medal
Victory Medal


Pre War

War Service

Initially allocated to D Company of the 24th Battalion, he was very soon after transferred to B Company of the 28th Battalion. Served at Gallipoli, Egypt and on the Western Front. Travelled to Gallipoli from Alexandria on HMT Ivernia, having boarded the ship on 4 Sep 1915, and returned to Alexandria from Mudross on 16 Jan 1916 aboard HMT Ausonia.

Was AWOL for two days in Feb 1916 at Ismailia (Ferry Post), Egypt.

Arrived in France on 21 Mar 1916 having left Alexandria on 16 Mar. Soon after arriving in France he took the opportunity to go AWOL for 4 days (Aug 1916). Hospitalised on 4 Nov 1916 (6th General Hospital in Rouen) with trench foot, his NOK was advised on 14 Dec 1916 that he was sick, not wounded as had been earlier reported.

He rejoined his unit on 18 May 1917, but not before spending time in 18th General Hospital in Étaples with the mumps. His records aren't updated until 12 Oct 1917 when an entry shows that he was initially reported wounded and missing, followed by Killed in Action, and finally sick to hospital.

In late Sep 1917 he was given leave in England and was away from the battalion until 29 Oct 1917 as he extended his leave without permission (AWOL) by a period of 20 days. Hospitalised again for 2 weeks in Mar 1918, he rejoined the 28th Battalion on 23 Mar 1918, and remained with them until he was again granted English leave in late Oct 1918. He rejoined the battalion in France for 2 months before again heading to England to prepare for his return to Australia.

His return from Devonport on HMAT A68 Anchises, disembarking in Albany (7 Apr 1919) was reported in the Kalgoorlie Miner on the 1st and 8th of April 1919.

Discharged 10 Jun 1919 at 5th Military District.


Post War

On the Electoral Roll in 1925 as a grocer at Mornington.

Deaths BRIGGS, Edward, at Wooroloo (TB Sanatorium), on January 13, aged 36.[1]


References

  1. "Family Notices". Western Mail. XLV, (2,293). Western Australia. 23 January 1930. p. 54. Retrieved 30 May 2017 – via National Library of Australia. 

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