Frederick Guy (Guy) GRIFFITHS

GRIFFITHS, Frederick Guy

Service Numbers: Honorary Major, Hon. Major
Enlisted: 19 July 1917, 25 Sept 1915 Enlisted AMC Reserves.
Last Rank: Captain
Last Unit: 2nd Australian Stationary Hospital
Born: Richmond Villa, Domaine, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 18 July 1876
Home Town: Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling: Sydney Grammar School
Occupation: Medical Practitioner (B.A., B.M., M.D. Ch. M.)
Died: Sydney, NSW (Reg. Chatswood), 6 June 1952, aged 75 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Not yet discovered
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World War 1 Service

19 Jul 1917: Enlisted AIF WW1, Captain, Honorary Major, 14th Australian General Hospital, 25 Sept 1915 Enlisted AMC Reserves.
3 Sep 1917: Involvement Captain, 14th Australian General Hospital, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '24' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: ''
3 Sep 1917: Embarked Captain, 14th Australian General Hospital, HMAT Kyarra, Sydney
27 Oct 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Captain, 2nd Australian Stationary Hospital, AAMC. Oct 1917 to March 1919, 2nd ASH, Pathologist & Physician; April 1919 to July 1919 14th AGH, Cairo, Physician.
8 Nov 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Captain, Hon. Major, Appointment terminated. (RTA per Dunluce Castle. 30 August 1919 Disembarked Sydney.)

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Biography contributed by Karen Robinson-Foote

Frederick Guy Griffiths, known as Guy, was the son of George Neville & Ada Frances Griffiths (née Scott).  The eldest son of their eight children, he was nearly 41 and married with his own family at the time of his enlistment.  All the Griffiths brothers served in WW1.  Hugh & Frank with the AIF; and John Neville, also a doctor, with the RAMC.

Guy had a long distinguished medical career prior and after the war.

 

 

 

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