GRIFFITHS, David Howell
| Service Number: | 6405 |
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| Enlisted: | 14 October 1915, at Adelaide |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Field Company Engineers |
| Born: | Carmarthen, Wales, March 1890 |
| Home Town: | Grange, City of Charles Sturt / Henley and Grange, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Bricklayer |
| Died: | War Service related illness, Adelaide, South Australia, 10 February 1920 |
| Cemetery: |
West Terrace Cemetery (General) Adelaide, South Australia Gen. 3. 13. 105, West Terrace Cemetery, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 14 Oct 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 6405, 3rd Field Company Engineers, at Adelaide | |
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| 20 Mar 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 6405, 3rd Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Armadale embarkation_ship_number: A26 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Mar 1916: | Embarked Sapper, 6405, 3rd Field Company Engineers, HMAT Armadale, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Modbury High School
David Howell Griffiths was born in March of 1895 in Carmarthen Wales. He moved to Adelaide, South Australia earlier in his life. David was 5"6 and weighed 57 kilograms, he had fresh complexion, brown eyes and dark hair. David's occupation was a brick layer and enlisted in the AIF on October 14th 1915.
David embarked for Alexandria, Egypt on the 20th of March 1916 as a part of the 3rd field company engineers. He was a part of the reinforcements at Tel-el-Kebir on the 24th of April 1916. On the 2nd of May 1916 David Howell Griffiths contracted Haemoptysis. On the 5th of may 1916 He was diognosed with Pulmonary Tuberculosis. He was then returned to Australia on the 23rd of July 1916 discharged from the army on the 15th of January 1917. David Howell Griffiths sadly passed on the 10th of February 1920.