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Griffith, Frederick (2309)

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Place of Birth: Exeter, England

Age: 35 years

Enlistment Details: Monday, 22 May 1916 – Melbourne, VIC

Service Number: 2309            view online service record

Address:
Port Melbourne, VIC

Next of Kin:
Mrs Houghton (friend)
Prince Alfred Hotel,
355 Bay Street,
Port Melbourne, VIC

Embarkation Details:
Date: Wednesday, 16 August 1916
Ship: RMS Orontes
Port: Melbourne, VIC
Unit: 46th Infantry Battalion – 4th Reinforcements

Fate:
RTA: Sunday, 21 April 1918
Discharged: Wednesday, 31 July 1918

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1 Comments

  • Brian Membrey
    Posted August 24, 2016 2.21 pm 0Likes
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    WW1 Attestation shows 3 years with the Cape Mounted Rifles in South Africa and 7.5 years with the 13th Hussars in England, discharged on completion of time in 1915, at which stage he appears to have either migrated to Australia or joined up locally en route as a ship’s cook

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