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Arthur Robert BRAGG

Regimental number2564
Place of birthWest Maitland, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationPublican
AddressMelbourne Post Offfice, Melbourne, Victoria
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation39
Height5' 5.5"
Weight140 lbs
Next of kinWife, Mrs Emily Bragg, 100 Powlett Street, East Melbourne, Victoria
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date2 August 1915
Place of enlistmentMelbourne, Victoria
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name24th Battalion, 6th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/41/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on 27 October 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll60th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 19 July 1916
Place of death or woundingSomme sector, France
Age at death40
Age at death from cemetery records40
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsV.C. Corner (Panel No 19), Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Charles and Elizabeth BRAGG; husband of E. BRAGG, 72 Wharf Street, Brisbane, Queensland. Natie of West Maitland, New South Wales
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Taken on strength, 60th Bn, Tel el Kebir, 26 February 1916.

Admitted to 4th Field Ambulance, 30 March 1916 (rheumatism), and transferred same day to No 1 Australian Stationary Hospital, Tel el Kebir (admitted: cramps); transferred to 8th Field Ambulance, Ferry Post, 31 March 1916 (blistered feet); discharged to unit, 1 April 1916.

Promoted Lance Corporal, 13 April 1916.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 18 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 29 June 1916.

Reported Missing, 19 July 1916.

Court of Enquiry, held in the field, 4 August 1917, pronounced fate as 'Killed in Action, 19 July 1916'.

Note on Red Cross File No 501101: 'No trace Germany. Cert. by Capt. Mills 10-10-1919.'

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, BRAGG Arthur Robert
Red Cross File No 501101

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