Bragg, Edmund Allen

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.

Abridged record courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 3111122










Abridged records courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 3111122

















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