GRIFFITHS, Henry
| Service Number: | 1830 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 12th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Wynyard,Tasmania, Australia, 14 September 1889 |
| Home Town: | Wynyard, Waratah/Wynyard, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 3 November 1917, aged 28 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
World War 1 Service
| 19 Apr 1915: | Involvement Private, 1830, 12th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: '' | |
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| 19 Apr 1915: | Embarked Private, 1830, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Argyllshire, Fremantle | |
| 3 Nov 1917: | Involvement Private, 1830, 12th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1830 awm_unit: 12th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-11-03 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Henry was the fourth of eight children of Henry Griffiths Snr (born 1853 in Launceston, Tasmania) and Louisa (Lucy) Elliott (born 1854 at Hobart Town in Tasmania). Henry Snr was the son of Captain Griffiths, who traded between the Eastern States of Australia, New Guinea and New Zealand. Henry Snr 'followed the sea for fifteen years' before marrying Lucy in 1884 at Emu Bay in Tasmania. Henry Snr and Lucy raised their family in Emu Bay and Wynyard, where Henry Snr was a Labourer.
Henry, a Labourer, enlisted in the AIF in January 1915, serving as a Private (Service No:1830)with the Anzac Ploice and 12 Infantry Battalion 14th Reinforcements. Henry was KIA at Ypres on 3 November 1917.