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GRIFFIN, John Alfred James
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 3028 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 10th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Brompton, South Australia, Australia, 24 August 1897 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Brickmaker |
| Died: | 24 October 1972, aged 75 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia Derrick Garden of Remembrance Derrick Gardens, Path 24 Grave 199B |
| Memorials: |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 14 Sep 1915: | Involvement Private, 3028, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: '' | |
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| 14 Sep 1915: | Embarked Private, 3028, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ballarat, Adelaide | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 3028, 10th Infantry Battalion |
Personal Stories
John Alfred James Griffin
His name was Griffin not Griffen, he was born on the 24th August 1897 the oldest son of Alfred James Griffin and Emily Maria Coppins. I am Betty Aslin nee Griffin and he once told me that my father, his youngest brother who was born while he was at the war was to his knowledge a baby sister born in the end of August as all mail was censored so I was the baby sister he expected back then as I was born on his birthday where as my father was born on the 4th August 1917. He said that all mail came with black or red lines though anything that the Army and /or Red Cross thought that the Germans might be able to use to make them give up any information they might have should they be caught.
Submitted 23 April 2021 by Betty Aslin