David Howell GRIFFITHS

GRIFFITHS, David Howell

Service Number: 6405
Enlisted: 14 October 1915, at Adelaide
Last Rank: Sapper
Last Unit: 3rd Field Company Engineers
Born: Carmarthen, Wales, March 1890
Home Town: Grange, City of Charles Sturt / Henley and Grange, South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Bricklayer
Died: War Service related illness, Adelaide, South Australia, 10 February 1920
Cemetery: West Terrace Cemetery (General)
Gen. 3. 13. 105, West Terrace Cemetery, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 1 Service

14 Oct 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 6405, 3rd Field Company Engineers, at Adelaide
20 Mar 1916: Involvement Sapper, 6405, 3rd Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Armadale embarkation_ship_number: A26 public_note: ''
20 Mar 1916: Embarked Sapper, 6405, 3rd Field Company Engineers, HMAT Armadale, Sydney

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Biography contributed by Modbury High School

David Howell Griffiths was born in March of 1895 in Carmarthen Wales. He moved to Adelaide, South Australia earlier in his life. David was 5"6 and weighed 57 kilograms, he had fresh complexion, brown eyes and dark hair. David's occupation was a brick layer and enlisted in the AIF on October 14th 1915.

David embarked for Alexandria, Egypt on the 20th of March 1916 as a part of the 3rd field company engineers. He was a part of the reinforcements at Tel-el-Kebir on the 24th of April 1916. On the 2nd of May 1916 David Howell Griffiths contracted Haemoptysis. On the 5th of may 1916 He was diognosed with Pulmonary Tuberculosis. He was then returned to Australia on the 23rd of July 1916 discharged from the army on the 15th of January 1917. David Howell Griffiths sadly passed on the 10th of February 1920. 

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