Alan James GRIFFITHS

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Service Number:	VX114546
Enlisted:	20 October 1942
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	Royal Australian Engineers
Born:	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 25 March 1921
Home Town:	Elwood, Port Phillip, Victoria
Schooling:	Melbourne Tech Institute, Diploma of Civil Engineering
Occupation:	Civil Engineer
Died:	Accidental (Falling Coconut Palm Tree), New Guinea, 19 June 1944, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery (CWGC) Grave Reference Location ~ Plot M. Row A. Grave 6. Personal Inscription ~ "ALWAYS IN OUR THOUGHTS"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Lieutenant, VX114546
20 Oct 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, VX114546
11 Feb 1944:	Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, Royal Australian Engineers, 48th Deputy Commander Royal Engineers Works RAE

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