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Private Nelson Briggs

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Name: Briggs, Nelson
Date of birth: 1895-04-29
Place of birth: Nottawasaga County of Simcoe Ontario Canada
Next of kin: Thomas Briggs (father), Heaslip, Ontario
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Farmer
Occupation (normalized): General Farmer
Address: Heaslip, Ontario
Religion: Methodist
Date of death: 1971-08-03

MILITARY INFORMATION

Regimental number: 648103
Highest Rank: Private
Rank detail
  1. Private (Army). 1918-08-23 ?
  2. Private, 58th Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1917-06-07 to 1918-08-22
  3. Private (Army). 1917-01-30 to 1917-06-06
  4. Private (Army). 1916-01-03 to 1917-01-29
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: yes
Awards

British War Medal

Victory Medal

War Service Badge Class A

RESEARCH INFORMATION

LAC ID: 64035
Attestation record(s): image 1, image 2
Service file: B1065-S009
Uploader's Research notes: wounded August 9, 1918 [Private Army Canadian Infantry 58th Battalion Private Army Canadian Infantry 8th Reserve Battalion Private Army Canadian Infantry 159th Battalion Private Army Canadian Infantry 2nd Central Ontario Regiment Depot British War Medal Victory Medal War Service Badge Class A ]

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Date added: 2008-09-13
Last modified: 2019-08-06