GRIFFEN, Oswald Clement
| Service Number: | 2863 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 February 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 50th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Riverton, South Australia , date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Riverton, Clare and Gilbert Valleys, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Riverton Public School |
| Occupation: | Storeman |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Noreuil, France, 2 April 1917, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Noreuil Australian Cemetery (Special Memorial B, No. 4) Noreuil Australian Cemetery, Noreuil Australian Cemetery, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Riverton & District High School Roll of Honor WW1, Riverton & District War Memorial Pool Memorial and Flagpole, Riverton Methodist Church Honour Roll WW1, Riverton Pictorial Honour Board, Riverton RSL Hall Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 9 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2863, 50th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 6 Nov 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2863, 50th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' | |
| 2 Apr 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2863, 50th Infantry Battalion, Noreuil |
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Oswald Clement Griffen, was a 21 year old storeman from Riverton, South Australia prior to enlisting 9 February 1916.
He embarked from Adelaide with the 7th Reinforcements for the 50th Battalion on 6 November 1916 and following further training in England, joined the 50th Battalion in France on 18 March 1917.
A little over a fortnight later, he was killed in action at Noreuil on 2 April 1917 and buried in the Noreuil Australian Cemetery, France. He was aged 22 years.
His brother, Second Lieutenant Reginald Theodore Griffen, 32nd Battalion, was killed in action on 20 July 1916 at the Battle of Fromelles. (See AWM P09291.183)
THE LATE PRIVATE O. C. GRIFFEN
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