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GRIFFITH, John Carmichael

Service Number:	408576
Enlisted:	27 April 1941
Last Rank:	Flight Lieutenant
Last Unit:	No. 78 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Albury, New South Wales, Australia, 27 October 1915
Home Town:	Albury, Albury Municipality, New South Wales
Schooling:	Geelong Grammar School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Branch Manager, Lockhart and Dalgety Co. Ltd (3 years)
Died:	(Ground Accident, Falling tree limb), New Guinea, 2 December 1944, aged 29 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery (CWGC) Grave Reference Location ~ Plot FF. Row B. Grave 9. Personal Inscription ~ "ALWAYS IN OUR HEARTS"
Memorials:	Albury Club Honour Roll WW2, Albury Commercial Club Honor Roll, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Flight Lieutenant, 408576
27 Apr 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 408576
5 May 1944:	Transferred Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, No. 78 Squadron (RAAF)
5 Jun 1945:	Honoured Mention in Dispatches, New Britain, Services Rendered in First Tactical Air Force.
Date unknown:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 408576
Date unknown:	Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 408576

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