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Oliver Llewellyn GRIFFITHS

Regimental number2944
Place of birthWoods Point, Victoria
ReligionBaptist
OccupationClerk
AddressCambridge Street, Box Hill, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinMother, Mrs A Griffiths, Cambridge Street, Box Hill, Victoria
Enlistment date29 June 1915
Place of enlistmentMelbourne, Victoria
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name5th Battalion, 9th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/22/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A16 Star of Victoria on 10 September 1915
Rank from Nominal RollCorporal
Unit from Nominal Roll1st Machine Gun Battalion
FateDied of wounds 6 October 1917
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Commemorated in Box Hill Cemetery, Victoria. (Note: incorrectly described as 'killed in action'.)
Medals

Military Medal


Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette'
Date: 2 May 1918

Other detailsMedals: Military Medal, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, GRIFFITHS Oliver Llewellyn
Red Cross File No 12207061

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