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John Robert BRAGG

Regimental number4132
Place of birthCharters Towers Queensland
SchoolBoys' Central State School, Charters Towers, Queensland
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationCarpenter
AddressAlabama Hill, Charters Towers, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinFather, J M Bragg, Duman Street, Alabama Hill Charters Towers, Queensland
Previous military serviceServed in the Senior Cadets, Charters Towers, Queensland.
Enlistment date2 September 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name15th Battalion, 13th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/32/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A55 Kyarra on 3 January 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll47th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularDied of wounds, No 3 Stationary Hospital, BEF, France.
FateDied of wounds 19 August 1916
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death19.2
Age at death from cemetery records19
Place of burialSt. Sever Cemetery (Plot B, Row 30, Grave No. 30), Rouen, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: James and Mary Ann BRAGG, Alabama Hill, Charters Towers, North Queensland
Family/military connectionsBrother: 4139 William James BRAGG, 9th Bn, killed in action nr Albert, France, 23 July 1916.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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