Hugh GRIFFITHS

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GRIFFITHS, Hugh

Service Number:	405
Enlisted:	21 August 1914
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	4th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Richmond Villa, Domain, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 18 November 1885
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Grazier
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli , Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 6 August 1915, aged 29 years
Cemetery:	Johnston's Jolly Cemetery, Gallipoli, Türkiye Sp. Mem. 24. Inscription SON OF GEORGE NEVILLE & OF ADA FRANCES GRIFFITHS OF SYDNEY , Johnston's Jolly Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Johnston's Jolly Cemetery Memorial

World War 1 Service

21 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 405, 4th Infantry Battalion
22 Aug 1914:	Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 405, 4th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1
19 Oct 1914:	Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, Sergeant A Company 1st Jan 1915 - Apptd. Sergeant No 2 Platoon, B Company
20 Oct 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Sergeant, 405, 4th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
27 Jun 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Sergeant, 405, 4th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, GSW right foot. Returned to Battalion.
6 Aug 1915:	Involvement Sergeant, 405, 4th Infantry Battalion, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli, KIA

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Biography contributed by Karen Robinson-Foote

Hugh was the son of George Neville & Ada Frances Griffiths (née Scott). He was one of eight children. All of his brothers served in WW1. F. Guy, John Neville & Francis (Frank) Griffiths. Guy and Frank returned home, with Frank committing suicide in 1930.

Hugh was killed instantly by machine gun fire during the first day at Lone Pine, 6 August 1915, Gallipoli Peninsula.

He is commemorated at the Memorial at Johnstone's Jolly Cemetery, Anzac, Gallipoli, Turkey. He is believed to be buried in this cemetery, though his actual grave is unknown.

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