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GRIFFITH, Geoffrey Carmichael
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 4502 |
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| Enlisted: | 12 August 1915, Melbourne, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 14th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Albury, New South Wales, Australia, 1890 |
| Home Town: | Toorak, Stonnington, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Geelong Grammar School |
| Occupation: | Grazier |
| Died: | Died of Wounds, France, 9 August 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Puchevillers British Cemetery, France II. E. 24. |
| Memorials: | Albury Club Roll of Honour WW1 |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 12 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4502, 14th Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Vic. | |
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| 18 Feb 1916: | Involvement Private, 4502, 14th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: '' | |
| 18 Feb 1916: | Embarked Private, 4502, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ballarat, Melbourne |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Charles Lucas Griffith and Isabel Georgina Griffith, of "Myoora," Irving Rd., Toorak, Melbourne, Victoria.
As a young man he bore a stainless reputation, and this glorious death in action for his country's cause — the grandest death a man could die — was a worthy close to a worthy life.
GRIFFITH.—In loving memory of Private Geoffrey Carmichael Griffith, 14th Battalion, A.I.F., who died of wounds received at Pozieres, France, 9th August, 1916, the beloved son of Chas. L. and Isabel Griffith, late of "Marathon," Toorak.