GRIFFIN, Clyde Ambrose
| Service Number: | SX11744 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 12 March 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | General / Motor Transport Company/ies (WW2) |
| Born: | Yorketown, South Australia, 25 January 1906 |
| Home Town: | Royston Park, Norwood, Payneham & St Peters, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Coobowie Public School, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Employed at S.A. Hardwoods Ltd. |
| Died: | Illness whilst a Prisoner of the Japanese , Thailand, 23 April 1943, aged 37 years |
| Cemetery: |
Kanchanaburi War Cemetery 1 J 39 |
| Memorials: | Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 12 Mar 1941: | Involvement Private, SX11744 | |
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| 12 Mar 1941: | Enlisted Private, SX11744, General / Motor Transport Company/ies (WW2), Adelaide, SA | |
| 12 Mar 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX11744, General / Motor Transport Company/ies (WW2) | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Michael Joseph and Mary Immaculate Griffin, of Joslin, South Australia
FOR KING AND COUNTRY
Mrs M. J. Griffin, of 1st Avenue, Joslin, has received advice of the death of SX11744, Driver C. A. (Peter) Griffin, in Burma on April 23rd. 1043, from illness The last message from Driver Griffin stated he was well on February 23rd, 1943 which was received in November of the same year. Driver Griffin was the second son of Mrs and the late Mr Mick Griffin, formerly of Penton Vale, where he was born. He was educated at the Coobowie Public School and worked in the district for several years before going to the City, where he was employed at S.A Hardwoods Ltd when he enlisted.
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