GRIFFIN, George St Clair
| Service Numbers: | 837, 2887, 2419 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 August 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 53rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Norwood, South Australia, Australia, 30 November 1893 |
| Home Town: | Neutral Bay, North Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Mount Gambier High School |
| Occupation: | Ship Chandler's Storeman |
| Died: | 23 July 1950, aged 56 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, NSW |
| Memorials: | Mount Gambier High School Great War Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 16 Aug 1914: | Enlisted Australian Naval & Military Expeditionary Forces (New Guinea 1914), Private, 837, Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force | |
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| 19 Aug 1914: | Embarked Private, 837, 1st Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps, HMAT Berrima, Sydney | |
| 19 Aug 1914: | Involvement Private, 837, 1st Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: '' | |
| 24 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2887, 18th Infantry Battalion | |
| 2 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 2887, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney | |
| 2 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 2887, 18th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 6 Jun 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2419, 53rd Infantry Battalion | |
| 14 Sep 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2419, 53rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Mashobra, Sydney | |
| 14 Sep 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2419, 53rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Mashobra embarkation_ship_number: A47 public_note: '' |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Graeme Roulstone
837/2887/2419 George St Clair GRIFFIN was born in Adelaide on 30 November 1893. He was enrolled at Mount Gambier High School on 21 January 1907 by his father, George James Griffin, a commercial traveller, of Helen Street, Mount Gambier. He left the school on 27 August 1907 when his family left the district.
He enlisted (as regimental number 837) on 11 August 1914 (20, ship chandler storeman, single, Church of England) naming his mother, Mrs Emily Pleasance Griffin of Neutral Bay, Sydney, New South Wales, as his next of kin. He embarked on 19 August 1914 for service with the 18th Battalion of the New Guinea Expeditionary Force. He was discharged on 18 January 1915 ‘time expired’.
He subsequently enlisted in the AIF (as regimental number 2887) on 24 July 1915, but was discharged ‘medically unfit’ on 24 December 1915.
He later re-enlisted (as regimental number 2419) on 6 June 1916 and embarked from Sydney on 14 September 1916 on the ‘Mashobra’. He disembarked at Plymouth in England on 24 December 1916 and was sent to France soon after where he joined the 53rd Battalion but was hospitalised on 5 March 1917 with malaria and invalided to England on 20 March. He returned to France in late November 1917 and re-joined the 53rd Battalion on 19 December but was hospitalised with malaria again on 6 March 1918 and invalided to England on 13 May. He was on furlough from 28 June to 12 July 1918, attended the 5th Division Signal School for a course of instruction in late October 1918 before leaving England on the ‘Kashmir’ for return to Australia on 9 March 1919, and spent a week in the ship’s hospital in March 1919. He disembarked on 2 May and was discharged on 9 June.
Published in Ours: the origins and early years of Mount Gambier High School and Old Scholars who served in the Great European War by Graeme Roulstone
Biography
Son of James George GRIFFIN and Emily Pleasance nee BROWN, 'Waterford', Woy Woy, New South Wales
GRIFFIN.-The Relatives and Friends of Mrs. Grace Griffin, of 16 Beatrice Street, Balgowlah, and Family, are invited to attend the Funeral of her dearly beloved Husband, their Father, Father-in-law, and Grandfather, GEORGE ST. CLAIR GRIFFIN: to leave St. Luke's Church, Mosman, This Tuesday, after service to commence at 10 a.m., for the Northern Suburbs Crematorium.
CHARLES KINSELA PTY. LTD., A.F.D.A. Est. 1830. Taylor Square, Darlinghurst
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