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Leonard Haigh BRIGG

Regimental number19496
Place of birthLondon, England
Age on arrival in Australia25
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationCarpenter
AddressWaitara, Hornsby, New South Wales
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation31
Next of kinWife, Mrs Winifred Ruth Brigg, Yardley Avenue, Waitara, Hornsby, New South Wales
Enlistment date9 July 1917
Rank on enlistmentSapper
Unit name1st Field Squadron Engineers, July 1917 Reinforcements
AWM Embarkation Roll number14/36/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A73 Commonwealth on 2 November 1917
FateDied of disease 20 October 1918
Place of death or woundingDamascus, Syria
Age at death32
Age at death from cemetery records32
Place of burialDamascus British War Cemetery (Row D, Grave No. 49), Syria
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
25
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William and Louisa BRIGG; husbaand of Winifred BRIGG, "Lenhaigh", Fourth Avenue, Campsie, New South Wales. Born in England
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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