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GRIFFITHS, Percy Ormond
Personal Details
| Enlisted: | 23 July 1917, and appointed a Lieutenant in the AIF. He had more than 20 years prior service in the militia, the Boer War and, earlier in the war, being second in command of the Holdsworthy German Concentration Camp. |
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| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 19th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Windsor, Victoria, Australia, 16 July 1880 |
| Home Town: | Mosman, Municipality of Mosman, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Toorak Grammar School. Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Estate agent |
| Died: | Killed In Action, France, 8 August 1918, aged 38 years |
| Cemetery: |
Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery |
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World War 1 Service
| 23 Jul 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, and appointed a Lieutenant in the AIF. He had more than 20 years prior service in the militia, the Boer War and, earlier in the war, being second in command of the Holdsworthy German Concentration Camp. | |
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| 28 Feb 1918: | Involvement 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: '' | |
| 28 Feb 1918: | Embarked 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne | |
| 28 Jul 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, joined the 19th Battalion at Villers-Bretonneux, Somme. | |
| 8 Aug 1918: | Involvement Lieutenant, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 19 Battalion awm_rank: Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1918-08-08 | |
| 8 Aug 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, The Battle of Amiens, killed in action as the 19th Battalion successfully attacked its objective at Lamotte-Warfusée east of Villers-Bretonneux. |
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