GRIFFITHS, Gilbert Allen
| Service Number: | 1276 |
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| Enlisted: | 14 July 1915, Perth, Western Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 32nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Wentworth, New South Wales, Australia, 1886 |
| Home Town: | Trayning, Trayning, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farm Hand |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 20 July 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Fromelles (Pheasant Wood) Military Cemetery Plot I, Row E, Grave No 8. Inscription: A TRUE AND BRAVE SON OF THE SOUTHERN CROSS ONE OF 3 BROTHERS KILLED IN ACTION GOD BLESS YOU |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bencubbin War Memorial, Trayning War Memorial, Wagin & District Honour Roll, Wagin War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 14 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1276, Depot Battalion , Perth, Western Australia | |
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| 18 Nov 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1276, 32nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide | |
| 18 Nov 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1276, 32nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: '' | |
| 17 Jun 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1276, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Embarked Alexandria for B.E.F per H.M.T. "Transylvania" | |
| 23 Jun 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1276, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Disembarked Marseilles, France | |
| 19 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1276, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix) | |
| 20 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1276, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), Killed In Action |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Private Gilbert Allen Griffiths was born near Wentworth in NSW in 1886. He was a farm hand, single and living at Trayning, Western Australia, when he enlisted in July 1915. His father Benjamin Henry Griffiths had passed away in WA during 1913. The family seemed to have moved to Western Australia some years before the First World War.
Gilbert was a member of the 32nd Battalion when he died, originally listed as missing, 20 July 1916. He was the first of 3 brothers to die during WW1.
His name was in a list of British Dead forwarded by Comite International de la Croix Rouge at Geneva to H.M. Minister at Berne. Assistant Adjutant General rules to be reported as 'Killed in action, 20 July 1916'.
A note in Red Cross File No 1220608: 'Disc received from Germany and forwarded to N/Kin 16 April 1918.'
His brother, 342 Pte. Stanley Gordon Griffiths 48th Battalion AIF was killed in action at Pozieres only 3 weeks later on 7 August 1916, aged 25. Another older brother, 2868 Pte. Charles Griffiths 5th Pioneer Battalion was also killed in action near Ypres, Belgium 29 September 1917, aged 38.
The inscription on Gilbert’s new grave in the Pheasant Wood Cemetery at Fromelles reads, A TRUE AND BRAVE SON OF THE SOUTHERN CROSS ONE OF 3 BROTHERS KILLED IN ACTION GOD BLESS YOU.
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