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• Name
• Initials
• Vorname
• Place of birth Wood's Point
• Land Victoria, Australia
• Last residence Box Hill
• Family Son of Agnes and Thomas Griffiths, of Cambridge St., Box Hill, Victoria, Australia; his cousin, Edwin Griffiths, was killed in action at Pozieres, France.
• Profession Clerk

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment Enlisted 29 June 1915, Melbourne
• Service number 2944
• Rank Corporal
• Medals Military Medal, 1914/15 Star Medal, Victory Medal, British War Medal
• Regiment and unit 2nd Coy. Australian Machine Gun Corps
• Other data related to military career Embarked 10 September 1915, Melbourne; to France March 1916; Military Medal for bravery in the field, 26 September 1917; promoted Corporal September-October 1917

Death

• Wounded 4 October 1917, Broodseinde Ridge
• Type of wounds Died of multiple shrapnel wounds, n°17 CCS
• Died at the age of 23
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XX - E - 19

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