BRIGGS Christopher MBE

RN Born 15 January 1907 Died Booragoon WA 3 April 2005

November 1939 Royal Navy. January 1940 1st Lieutenant HMS Scout, attached to Hong Kong Chinese Maritime Customs. Evacuated Refugees including the Admirals wife from Singapore to Java. West Sumatra Port Padang 1800 evacuees to HMAS Hobart. Colombo Eastern Fleet 1942-45. a shore establishment 1945. Promoted to Commander, Awarded MBE Demobbed 1946