BORN HULL 1879. ARRIVED IN AUSTRALIA, ON 29/01/1888. WORKED AS A LABOURER. ENLISTED IN BRISBANE, QUEENSLAND, ON 29/05/1915, AGED 35 YEARS AND 9 MONTHS. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT 11 INCHES TALL, 145 LBS WEIGHT, 37 INCH CHEST, FAIR HAIR, BROWN EYES, CHURCH OF ENGLAND RELIGION. LEFT BRISBANE ON THE 12/06/1915, ON THE ARMY TRANSPORT SHIP, ‘KAROOLA’. JOINED HIS UNIT ON 02/09/1915. KILLED IN ACTION, AT GALLIPOLI, ON 08/08/1915, AGED 36. BOTH HIS PARENTS WERE DECEASED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE SENT TO HIS ELDEST BROTHER, WILLIAM BRIGGS, AT BANYO, SANDGATE LINE, QUEENSLAND.
First name:
JOHN
Military Number:
2110
Rank:
Private
Date Died
08/08/1915
Place died:
7TH FIELD AMBULANCE CEMETERY, Gallipoli, ?Turkey
Age:
36
SANDGATE LINE, BANYO, BRISBANE, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA
