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David Walter GRIFFITHS

Regimental number452
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationBlacksmith
AddressS
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Next of kinMrs Mary Griffiths, 11 Prospect Road, Summer Hill, New South Wales
Enlistment date22 August 1914
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name4th Battalion, G Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/21/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board Transport A14 Euripides on 20 October 1914
Regimental number from Nominal Roll1053
Rank from Nominal RollLance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll4th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 18 April 1917
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialLebucquiere Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot II, Row B, Grave No. 30), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
40
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: David and Mary GRIFFITHS, 15 Prospect Road, Summer Hill, Sydney, New South Wales
Medals

Military Medal

'During the enemy attack on DEMICOURT on 15th April 1917, L/Cpl. GRIFFITHS acted as linesman and showed himself quite careless of personal danger and devoted only to his duty. He was tireless in re-establishing broken communications, several times passing through heavy hostile barrages and zones of machine gun fire to do so. He succeeded in maintaining communications, with a minimum of delay, over a difficult and scattered area, and contributed in no small measure by his work in the ultimate repulse of the enemy. His work on several other occasions has been of the same high standard.'
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 169
Date: 4 October 1917

Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Medals: Military Medal, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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