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GRIFFIN, Charles Maurice
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 10413 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 July 1915, Melbourne, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 6th Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | St Arnaud, Victoria, Australia, 1894 |
| Home Town: | Talbot, Central Goldfields, Victoria |
| Occupation: | Grocer's assistant |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 28 July 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension, Warloy-Baillon, Picardie, France Plot VII, Row A, Grave no. 25 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Coobowie Old Scholars and Teachers WW1 Roll of Honour |
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World War 1 Service
| 16 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 10413, 4th Field Artillery Brigade, Melbourne, Vic. | |
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| 5 Jan 1916: | Involvement Gunner, 10413, 4th Field Artillery Brigade, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' | |
| 5 Jan 1916: | Embarked Gunner, 10413, 4th Field Artillery Brigade, HMAT Afric, Melbourne | |
| 14 Feb 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column, Egypt | |
| 13 May 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , France | |
| 28 Jul 1916: | Involvement Gunner, 10413, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 10413 awm_unit: 6th Australian Field Artillery Brigade awm_rank: Gunner awm_died_date: 1916-07-28 | |
| 28 Jul 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Gunner, 10413, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , Battle for Pozières , Multiple BW to hands, face and abdomen after picking up an unexploded German stick grenade during excavation work in Sausage Valley (Pozieres). Evacuated to 2nd AFA however died of his wounds later the same day. |
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