John GRIFFIN

Regimental number2832
Place of birthPimlico New South Wales
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationLabourer
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Next of kinFather, M T Griffin, Burringbar, Tweed River, New South Wales
Enlistment date10 August 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name15th Battalion, 9th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/32/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A33 Ayrshire on 1 September 1915
Regimental number from Nominal Roll2832A
Rank from Nominal RollSergeant
Unit from Nominal Roll11th Field Artillery Brigade
FateKilled in Action 5 June 1917
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burialKandahar Farm Cemetery (Plot I, Row B, Grave No. 12), Neuve-Eglise, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
16
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Thomas and Elizabeth GRIFFIN, Burringbar, New south Wales. Native of Pimlico