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• Name GRIFFITHS
• Initials GA
• First name GEORGE ARTHUR
• Place of birth Northumberland
• Country England
• Last residence Patetere, Okoroire
• Family Son of Thomas and Emma Rebecca Griffiths, of Patetere, Okoroire Springs, Rotorua Line, New Zealand; when George was 10 his family emigrated to New Zealand, they set sail 9 April 1902;
• Profession Miner
• Extra info Cousin of Evan Llewellyn Mackenzie, also buried in Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery;

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment 17 May 1915
• Service number 24/1063
• Rank Rifleman
• Regiment and unit 2nd Bn. New Zealand Rifle Brigade D Coy
• Division - Brigade 3rd Brigade
• Army - Corps - Division New Zealand Division
• National force N.Z.E.F.
• Other data related to military career Embarked 9 October 1915, Wellington; to France 6 April 1916; detached to Railway Construction Party in January 1917

Death

• Wounded Went to sleep in billets, after drinking in estaminet St.Eloi, near Warhem;
• Type of wounds Died of heart failure, caused by acute alcoholism; post mortem in n°10 CCs
• Date of death 8 March 1917
• Died at the age of 25
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XI - B - 29A

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