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BRIGGS, Reginald Arthur
(Service number 3/1687)

Waimate War Memorial, pictured in 2011
Waimate War Memorial (left panel), pictured in 2011
Aliases
First Rank Private Last Rank Private

Birth

Date Unknown Place of Birth

Enlistment Information

Date Age
Address at Enlistment
Occupation Home missionary
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin E.E Briggs (father), 268 Philip Lane, South Tottenham, London N, England
Religion
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with NZ Armed Forces Served in Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation NZEF
Unit, Squadron, or Ship No.2 Field Ambulance
Date 5 February 1916
Transport Ulimaroa or Mokoia or Navua
Embarked From Wellington Destination Suez, Egypt
Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With NZ Medical Corps

Military Awards

Campaigns
Service Medals
Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date 25 August 1918 Age 26
Place of Death France
Cause Died of wounds
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery Achiet-le-Grand Communal Cemetery Extension, Pas-de-Calais, France
Memorial Reference IV. V. 5
New Zealand Memorials On Memorial wall, Timaru; Waimate First World War Memorial (as R E Briggs)

Biographical Notes

Reginald Briggs was the son of Ernest E. and Emma E. Briggs of 18 Walmer Rd, Newport, Mon, England

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Databse (Oct 2013)

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Related Documents

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Researched and Written by

Carol Bell, SC branch NZSG & Timaru Herald

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