GRIFFIN, Louis Gerald
| Service Numbers: | 332, 698 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Trooper |
| Last Unit: | 8th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Bundaberg, Bundaberg, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 7 August 1915, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bundaberg War Memorial, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 332, Queensland Imperial Bushmen | |
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| 18 May 1900: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 332, 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 475 notes 4th QIB embarked 18 May 1900 aboard Manchester Port arriving Beira 14 Jun 1900. | |
| 10 Aug 1901: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 332, 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 477 notes 4th QIB embarked 5 Jul 1901 aboard Britannic returning to Australia arriving Brisbane 5 Aug 1901, disbanded 10 Aug 1901. |
World War 1 Service
| 12 Feb 1915: | Embarked Private, 698, 8th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Armadale, Melbourne | |
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| 12 Feb 1915: | Involvement Private, 698, 8th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Armadale embarkation_ship_number: A26 public_note: '' | |
| 7 Aug 1915: | Involvement Trooper, 698, 8th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 698 awm_unit: 8 Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1915-08-07 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
Louis Gerald Griffin was the son of Gerald Griffin and Margaret Gertrude Griffin (nee Fogarty). He indicated on papers he completed for repatriation from South Africa in 1907 that he was born in Bundaberg in 1872 but no records appear in the Qld Birth Registry records for that date.
He served in both the South African (Boer) War and WW1. First service was as a private S.N. 332 in the 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Boer War. It appears he may have been discharged in, or returned to, South Africa where he worked as a miner until 1907 when he applied for repatriation back to Australia. His second service was as a Private S.N. 698 in the 8th Light Horse Regiment AIF, WW1 during which he was killed in action at Gallipoli. In his Attestation Paper he noted his previous service in the Boer War.
(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 486; National Archives Australia WW1 service record; National Archives Australia Boer War repatriation case paper).
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