GRIFFIN, John
| Service Number: | 4739 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 28th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Kilgobbin, County Kerry, Ireland, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Osborne Park, Stirling, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
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World War 1 Service
| 17 Apr 1916: | Involvement Private, 4739, 28th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
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| 17 Apr 1916: | Embarked Private, 4739, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Fremantle |
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Next of kin Sister, Mrs Mary Courtney, Victoria Avenue, North Fremantle, Western Australia
Enlistment date 21 February 1916 at Bunbury, Western Australia.
28th Battalion, 12th Reinforcement
Unit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A60 Aeneas on 17 April 1916.
Embarked Fremantle on HMAT Aeneas', 17 April 1916.
Proceeded to France, 15 September 1916; marched into 2nd Australian Divisional Base Depot, Etaples, 16 September 1916; moved into the field, 25 September 1916; taken on strength of unit, 26 September 1916.
Admitted to hospital, 7 November 1916 (illness); discharged to duty, 9 November 1916.
Admitted to 5th Field Ambulance, 20 November 1916 (swollen feet); rejoined unit from hospital, 29 November 1916.
Admitted to 5th Field Ambulance, 18 April 1917, and transferred to Divisional Receiving Station (trench feet); admitted to 8th Australian Field Ambulance, 3 May 1917, and transferred to Divisional Receiving Station (trench feet); to 9th Casualty Clearing Station, 4 May 1917; to Ambulance Train, 5 May 1917; admitted to 3rd General Hospital, Rouen, 5 May 1917. Embarked Havre on HS 'Grantully Castle' and proceeded to England for further treatment, 16 May 1917; admitted to 3rd Southern General Hospital, Oxford, 17 May 1917 (slight debility); transferred to 3rd Auxiliary Hospital, 7 June 1917; discharged to No 2 Command Depot, Weymouth, 11 June 1917.
Commenced return to Australia on HT 'Berrima', 31 October 1917; disembarked Fremantle, 22 December 1917. Discharged on account of being medically unfit for continued service, Perth, 12 January 1918 (debility and over age).
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