Gosford District Casualties of World War One Bragg, Edmund Allen Service Number 1494 Killed in Action 19th May 1915 Gallipoli Peninsula
Gosford District Casualties of World War One
Bragg, Edmund Allen Service Number 1494
Killed in Action 19th May 1915 Gallipoli Peninsula
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NAME BRAGG- Edward Allen
SERVICE NO 1494
UNIT 3rd
Reinforcements/Transferred to 4th Battalion A Coy 30/3/1915
RANK Private
AGE at Enlistment 28 yrs 6 mths
PLACE OF BIRTH Pennant Hills
ADDRESS
OCCUPATION Farmer
DATE OF ENLISTMENT 15 Dec 1914
PLACE OF ENLIST-MENT
Liverpool,
PREVIOUS SERVICE
NEXT OF KIN Father- W J Bragg, Dural Rd PO nr Parramatta. ( 29 March 1920 Maroota, via Windsor)
PHYSICAL DESCRIP-TION
Height-5 foot 7 inches, Weight-11 stone, Chest- 33-36” Complexion-Fair. Eyes-Blue. Hair- Light Brown
Scar right leg
RELIGION C/E
EMBARKED 17 Feb 1914, Sydney
DISEMBARKED
NOTES 1 May 1915- 28 days detention for refusing to obey orders.
WOUNDED/ILLNESS
DIED 19 May 1915- Gallipoli Peninsula
BURIED Bridges Road, Gve 2 19 May 1915
4th Battalion Parade Ground Cemetery;- Row D Gve 16
MEDALS 1914-15 Star-10475, British War Medal-10467, Victory Medal-10422. Memo-rial Plaque & Scroll-302649.
DEPENDANTS
PERSONAL EFFECTS Note Book, 1 Waist-belt, 1 fountain pen, Watch, pencil, 1 cigarette holder case, 1 keepsake, beads/
WILL
CORRESPONDENCE Father re change address 29 March 1920
J T Franks, Dural Rd, Castle Hill, (executor) Ellen Agnes Franks (Sister) 47 Patrick St., Blacktown (1967)
REMARKS
RED CROSS REPORT
Sydney Morning Herald Tuesday 29th June 1915 Page 5—’Heroes of the Dardanelles
Gosford Times 2.7.1915. Privates Edmund A. (Ned) Bragg, and Phill Lush, Both well known locally, have been officially Reported killed in action at the Dardenalles.
Sydney Morning Herald 1.7.1915 P.5.
PRIVATE . A. BRAGG. Private E.A. Bragg, killed in action, was a single man, 28 years of age. He was engaged for some years in the Dural district, fruit growing, Afterwards he went to New Zealand, and on returning he went to Taree, and engaged in the timber industry. From there he enlisted in the 3
rd Reinforcements of the 4
th Battalion. He
was the fourth son of Mr and Mrs William Bragg of Dural.
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