Private Archie Douglas Briggs

Service number QX6893
Birth Date 1919-11-02
Death Date 1941-04-20
Death Place Libya
Final Rank Private
Service Australian Army
Unit 2/15th Australian Infantry Battalion
Place Libya
Conflict/Operation Second World War, 1939-1945
Description

Private Archie Douglas Briggs enlisted to the Second Australian Imperial Force on 4 June 1940. He served with 2/15 Australian Infantry Battalion in Palestine, Egypt, and Libya. On 20 April 1941, Private Briggs was killed in action in Libya. He is buried at Knightsbridge War Cemetery, Acroma, Libya.

Rolls

  • Roll of Honour:

    Unit
    2/15th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    Second World War, 1939-1945
    Rank
    Private

Timeline

Date of birth 02 November 1919
Date of enlistment 04 June 1940
Date of death 20 April 1941