GRIFFIN, Charles Gilbert
| Service Numbers: | 4214, 121 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 January 1915, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | Army Pay Corps (AIF) |
| Born: | Melbourne, Victoria, 25 September 1894 |
| Home Town: | St Kilda East, Port Phillip, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Died of Illness (Tuberculosis), Melbourne, Victoria, 14 December 1917, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: |
Brighton General Cemetery, Victoria Roman Catholic A 311 |
| Memorials: | Victorian Garden of Remembrance |
World War 1 Service
| 26 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4214, Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 14 May 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Gunner, 4214, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
| 14 May 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Gunner, 4214, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Hororata, Melbourne | |
| 15 Jul 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Gunner, 4214, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 1 Dec 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, Army Pay Corps (AIF) | |
| 13 Jan 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 121, Army Pay Corps (AIF) |
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Previous Military service with 49th Infantry. Enlisted as Guner 2nd Brigade 5th Reinforcements No.4214. Then transfered as Corporal No.121 to Army Pay Corps No.1. Depot 14 Aug.1916 in U.K.
Buried at Brighton General Cemetery 15 Dec. 1917
Memorial Plaque at Springvale War Graves, Springvale Victoria
"GRIFFIN.- On the 14th December, at his parents residence (as result of wounds received on Gallipoli) Gunner Charles Gilbert, dearly loved fifth son of Mr. and Mrs. George A. S. Griffin, of "Stanmore", Burke road East Malvern, and brother of Captain Frank, Lieut. George, and Corporal Stan Griffin (all on active service abroad), also of James, Roger, Donald, Winnie, Emma, Louise, and Maisie (Privately interred) Requiescat in peace." - from the Melbourne Argus 17 Dec 1917 (nla.gov.au)