Baptism Date: 20 Sep 1903
Baptism Place: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa
Parents: George Henry Briggs and Josephine Irene Niblock
Spouse: Alma Briggs
WWI veteran
US Army, Pvt
317th Field Hospital
Enlistment Date: 18 Apr 1918
Discharge Date: 9 Jun 1919, Honorable
Pvt Bowness Briggs sailed to France aboard the ship Mercury. He departed with the 317th Field Hospital and returned with the Headquarters Detachment. The sanitary train returned to Hoboken, New Jersey, on the USS Rotterdam from Brest, France. The soldiers boarded the ship on May 20, 1919 in Brest France and arrived in Hoboken on May 31, 1919. Once ashore they were given refreshments by welfare organizations. They proceeded to Jersey City by ferry and then by passenger coaches to Camp Dix, New Jersey, for out-processing. All their possessions were sterilized in a steam sterilizer which was very effective. Anything leather shrunk to a much smaller size. Sanitary Train was decommissioned on Jun 9, 1919.
[Contributor: Thomas (47966515); Reference: History of 318 Field Hospital (2019) by Thomas Nelson; US Army Transport Service, Passenger Lists, 1910-1939]
Residence in 1942: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Weight: 180#
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Brown
Height: 5'8"
Name: Bowness Briggs
Birth Date: 26 Feb 1903
Death Date: 25 Aug 1962
Cemetery: Southern Memorial Park
Cemetery Location: Miami, Florida
Baptism Place: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa
Parents: George Henry Briggs and Josephine Irene Niblock
Spouse: Alma Briggs
WWI veteran
US Army, Pvt
317th Field Hospital
Enlistment Date: 18 Apr 1918
Discharge Date: 9 Jun 1919, Honorable
Pvt Bowness Briggs sailed to France aboard the ship Mercury. He departed with the 317th Field Hospital and returned with the Headquarters Detachment. The sanitary train returned to Hoboken, New Jersey, on the USS Rotterdam from Brest, France. The soldiers boarded the ship on May 20, 1919 in Brest France and arrived in Hoboken on May 31, 1919. Once ashore they were given refreshments by welfare organizations. They proceeded to Jersey City by ferry and then by passenger coaches to Camp Dix, New Jersey, for out-processing. All their possessions were sterilized in a steam sterilizer which was very effective. Anything leather shrunk to a much smaller size. Sanitary Train was decommissioned on Jun 9, 1919.
[Contributor: Thomas (47966515); Reference: History of 318 Field Hospital (2019) by Thomas Nelson; US Army Transport Service, Passenger Lists, 1910-1939]
Residence in 1942: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Weight: 180#
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Brown
Height: 5'8"
Name: Bowness Briggs
Birth Date: 26 Feb 1903
Death Date: 25 Aug 1962
Cemetery: Southern Memorial Park
Cemetery Location: Miami, Florida
Baptism Date: 20 Sep 1903
Baptism Place: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa
Parents: George Henry Briggs and Josephine Irene Niblock
Spouse: Alma Briggs
WWI veteran
US Army, Pvt
317th Field Hospital
Enlistment Date: 18 Apr 1918
Discharge Date: 9 Jun 1919, Honorable
Pvt Bowness Briggs sailed to France aboard the ship Mercury. He departed with the 317th Field Hospital and returned with the Headquarters Detachment. The sanitary train returned to Hoboken, New Jersey, on the USS Rotterdam from Brest, France. The soldiers boarded the ship on May 20, 1919 in Brest France and arrived in Hoboken on May 31, 1919. Once ashore they were given refreshments by welfare organizations. They proceeded to Jersey City by ferry and then by passenger coaches to Camp Dix, New Jersey, for out-processing. All their possessions were sterilized in a steam sterilizer which was very effective. Anything leather shrunk to a much smaller size. Sanitary Train was decommissioned on Jun 9, 1919.
[Contributor: Thomas (47966515); Reference: History of 318 Field Hospital (2019) by Thomas Nelson; US Army Transport Service, Passenger Lists, 1910-1939]
Residence in 1942: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Weight: 180#
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Brown
Height: 5'8"
Name: Bowness Briggs
Birth Date: 26 Feb 1903
Death Date: 25 Aug 1962
Cemetery: Southern Memorial Park
Cemetery Location: Miami, Florida
Baptism Place: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa
Parents: George Henry Briggs and Josephine Irene Niblock
Spouse: Alma Briggs
WWI veteran
US Army, Pvt
317th Field Hospital
Enlistment Date: 18 Apr 1918
Discharge Date: 9 Jun 1919, Honorable
Pvt Bowness Briggs sailed to France aboard the ship Mercury. He departed with the 317th Field Hospital and returned with the Headquarters Detachment. The sanitary train returned to Hoboken, New Jersey, on the USS Rotterdam from Brest, France. The soldiers boarded the ship on May 20, 1919 in Brest France and arrived in Hoboken on May 31, 1919. Once ashore they were given refreshments by welfare organizations. They proceeded to Jersey City by ferry and then by passenger coaches to Camp Dix, New Jersey, for out-processing. All their possessions were sterilized in a steam sterilizer which was very effective. Anything leather shrunk to a much smaller size. Sanitary Train was decommissioned on Jun 9, 1919.
[Contributor: Thomas (47966515); Reference: History of 318 Field Hospital (2019) by Thomas Nelson; US Army Transport Service, Passenger Lists, 1910-1939]
Residence in 1942: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Weight: 180#
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Brown
Height: 5'8"
Name: Bowness Briggs
Birth Date: 26 Feb 1903
Death Date: 25 Aug 1962
Cemetery: Southern Memorial Park
Cemetery Location: Miami, Florida
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Pvt, US Army
317 Field Hospital
World War I
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