GRIFFITHS, David
| Service Number: | 2347 |
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| Enlisted: | 14 September 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 30th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | New Lambton, New South Wales, Australia, 23 January 1893 |
| Home Town: | Carrington, Great Lakes, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Crane employee or horse driver (Dyke Cranes, Bullock Island, N.S.W.) |
| Died: | Carrington, New South Wales, Australia, 26 July 1954, aged 61 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW ANGLICAN 1-77. 48. |
| Memorials: | Carrington Connolly Park War Memorial Gates |
World War 1 Service
| 14 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2347, 30th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 11 Mar 1916: | Involvement Private, 2347, 30th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: '' | |
| 11 Mar 1916: | Embarked Private, 2347, 30th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Orsova, Sydney | |
| 2 Mar 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2347, 30th Infantry Battalion, 2nd MD |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served and suffered during The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
71 years ago today, on the Tuesday afternoon of the 27th July 1954, Private David Griffiths, 30th Battalion (Reg No-2347), crane employee or horse driver (Dyke Cranes, Bullock Island, N.S.W.) and Newcastle wharf labourer from Gipps Street, Carrington, New South Wales, was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 61. ANGLICAN 1-77. 48.
Married 1924?.
Born at New Lambton or Lambton, New South Wales on the 23rd January 1893 to William, died 14.4.1912, Wickham, N.S.W., as GRIFFITH, age 44, buried at ANGLICAN 1-77. 48, from Gipps Street, Carrington, New South Wales, and Margaret Ann Griffiths, died 4.10.1927, 48 Dumaresq Street, Hamilton, N.S.W., age?, sleeping at METHODIST 1 (WESLEYAN) G SE. 31, Dave enlisted on the 14th September 1915 at Newcastle, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A67 Orsova on the 11th March 1916.
Wounded in action - 24.4.1918 (gassed, Corbie, France).
Granted leave to England from 3.10.1918 to 19.10.1918 and 30.10.1919 to 13.11.1919.
Commenced return to Australia 15.11.1919.
Dave arrived home on the 9th January 1920, being discharged on the 2nd March 1920.
Mr. Griffiths’s name has been inscribed on the Carrington Citizens' Memorial Gates and the Carrington Municipal District Roll of Honor.
I have placed poppies and a 1914-1918 WAR label at Dave’s gravesite in remembrance of his service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Not officially commemorated.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered“.
http://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com/cemetery-main-search/.
Lest We Forget.
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