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Hint: This site is intended as a search aid - not a definitive source. It is essentially an index to documents that seem to relate to this person plus a very brief precis of relevant elements. Sources often conflict and I also flag things with a ? when I am unsure. So if the information below is important to you, then please check the original sources to see what else they contain (and in case I have inadvertantly introduced transcription and/or precising errors). There can be additional information that was not included in the database for both space and copyright reasons.

 

Surname		BRIGGS
Given Name(s) or Initial(s)		John Edward
Regimental Number		654
Rank		Private
Unit Name		6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
State		Qld
Extracts and Comments (from Sources as shown)		Murray: Charles, Details per 'Britannic' (all but one of the Details had served in 3rd or 4th Qld. Contingents). URL1: ?WW1 1807 Private 42nd Bn. AIF died of wounds 30.09.1918. URL2: labourer from Taroom Qld. Smith2: 3QMI & Doyle's Scouts/5QMI, King's South Africa Medal and 2 clasps. URL3: WW1 AIF 1807 2/42Inf.Bn. a labourer aged 21 in 1916 born in Taroom Qld., no previous service shown. Roe: WW1 AIF 1807 is too young for Boer War. URL4: WW1 AIF 123 15Bn. Charles (true name John Edward) BRIGGS a cook aged 34 in 1914 born in Stanthorpe Qld. next of kin sister in Tarunga, 3rd QIB and Doyle's Scouts, killed in action 15.9.1918, widow certified he enlisted and served in South Africa Charles BRIGGS.
Source References		Murray: Official Records of the Australian Contingents etc. page(s) 519 B2455: National Archives of Australia series B2455 Bne. Courier: Brisbane Courier newspaper date(s) 16.5.1902
External Link URL1		www.awm.gov.au/database/roh.asp
External Link URL2		www.awm.gov.au/cms_images/awm8/23_59_2/pdf/0310.pdf
External Link URL3		naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/imagine.asp?B=3121644&I=1&SE=1
External Link URL4		naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/imagine.asp?B=3121638&I=1&SE=1
External Link URL5		aif.adfa.edu.au/showPerson?pid=32318
External Link URL6		nla.gov.au/nla.news-article19184287

Please email me if you can contribute any other relevant information about this person (eg any other military service, where in Australia they came from or when/where they died). Also, if you find an external link broken.


Apology: For some time now it has been difficult to keep up with the newly available sources (especially the Trove newspaper site) plus the flow of contributions and queries. So I have been forced to prioritise maintenance and data entry over replying to correspondence. Nevertheless, your contributions are being added to the database and acknowledged on the contributions page and, although my replies are many months behind, I will attempt to get to them more often.

 

Colin Roe
Canberra

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