Regimental number | 1127 |
Date of birth | |
Place of birth | Yorktown, South Australia |
Religion | Roman Catholic |
Occupation | Labourer |
Address | William Street, Rosewater, South Australia |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 20 |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs Eliza Griffin, William Street, Rosewater, South Australia |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 11th Light Horse Regiment, 5th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 10/16/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A70 Ballarat on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 15th Light Horse Regiment |
Fate | Discharged on account of desertion |
Discharge date | |
Family/military connections | Brother: 1453 Pte Thomas Henry GRIFFIN, 1st Pioneer Bn, returned to Australia, 28 March 1919. |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Sinai Peninsula Taken on strength, 9th Light Horse, 7 January 1916. Admitted to hospital, 18 February 1916. Taken on strength, 11th Light Horse, 22 February 1916. Transferred to 3rd Light Horse Reserve Regiment, 23 June 1916; transferred to 3rd Double Squadron, 6 July 1916; taken on strength, 4th Australian Camel Regiment, 2 November 1916. Found guilty of being absent without leave, 1700-2000, 14 November 1916, and being improperly dressed: awarded 7 days' Field Punishment No. 2. Found guilty of being out of bounds in a brothel in Cairo, 29 December 1916: awarded 2 days' Field Punishment No. 2. Transferred to 17th Company, Imperial Camel Corps, 8 February 1917. Found guilty of being absent without leave, 1800-2015, 6 February 1917, and being improperly dressed: awarded 14 days' Field Punishment No. 2. Wounded in acton, 19 April 1917. Treated several times in 1917 for venereal disease, the last occasion 1-8 July 1918. Discharged from hospital and failed to report to his unit. Court of Enquiry, 5 September 1918, found that he had illegally absented himself from Moascar from 10 July 1918 and was still absent, and that he was deficient of articles to the value of 3 pounds 19 shillings and seven pence ha'penny. Discharged in his absence, 21 July 1920, on account of desertion. Medals (1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal) were ordered to be forfeited by Standing Army Medal Board, 1922. |
Date of death | |
Age at death | 87 |
Place of burial | Cheltenham Cemetery, Adelaide, South Australia |