GRIFFIN, Harry Leslie
| Service Number: | 519 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 August 1914, Gladstone, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 49th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Mackay, Queensland, 1895 |
| Home Town: | Mackay, Mackay, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Mackay State School and Mr Perkins High School |
| Occupation: | Carter |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 26 September 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Oosttaverne Wood Cemetery |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Mackay Cenotaph, Mackay Old Town Hall Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 26 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 519, Gladstone, Queensland | |
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| 24 Sep 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Driver, 519, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Star of England, Brisbane | |
| 24 Sep 1914: | Involvement AIF WW1, Driver, 519, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of England embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: '' | |
| 9 May 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Trooper, 519, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 8 Jan 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 49th Infantry Battalion | |
| 5 Apr 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 519, 49th Infantry Battalion, GSW (head) | |
| 26 Sep 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 519, 49th Infantry Battalion, Polygon Wood, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 519 awm_unit: 49th Battalion (Infantry) formerly 2nd Australian Light Horse awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-09-26 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Edwards
"...519 Private Harry Leslie 'Dick' Griffin, 2nd Light Horse Regiment. Born and educated in Mackay, Qld, Pte Griffin enlisted in his home town in August 1914, and was posted to the 2nd Light Horse Regiment. After completing his training at Enoggera Camp, Pte Griffin embarked for Egypt with C Squadron, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, aboard HMAT Star of England (A15) from Brisbane on 24 September 1914. After a period of further training at Heliopolis Camp, he was deployed to the Gallipoli Peninsula in May 1915 and served at Anzac Cove until September, when he was wounded and evacuated to hospitals in Malta and later England. On recovery, he was attached to the 49th Battalion and deployed to France in 1916. Over the following year he was wounded twice more, spending periods of convalescence in England and Rouen before returning to his battalion in July 1917. Pte Griffin was killed in action during the Battle of Polygon Wood, Belgium, on 26 September 1917, aged 22 years. Several months previously, Pte Griffin's older brother, 2436A Pte William Alfred Griffin (/explore/people/327111), was also killed in action during the Battle of Messines on 7 June 1917, aged 31 years." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
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