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Thomas Edmond GRIFFITHS

Regimental number927
Place of birthLambton, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationStockman
Address88 Brookman Street, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation41
Height5' 10"
Weight175 lbs
Next of kinDaughter, Alice Helena Griffiths, 37 George Street, Perth, Western Australia
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date27 September 1915
Place of enlistmentBlackboy Hill, Western Australia
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit nameAustralian Remount Unit 1, Squadron 4
AWM Embarkation Roll number28/2/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board Transport A67 Orsova on 12 November 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll13th Field Ambulance
FateReturned to Australia 1 June 1919
Discharge date30 August 1919
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Transferred to Australian Army Medical Corps, Maadi, Egypt, 4 April 1916.

Marched into Base Details, Tel el Kebir, 12 May 1916, from No 3 Australian Auxiliary Hospital.

Taken on strength of No 13 Australian Field Ambulance, Railhead, 22 May 1916.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 6 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, 3 June 1916.

Attached to No 12 Australian Field Ambulance for duty, 5 August 1916; rejoined unit, 15 August 1916.

Admitted to No 1 Australian Field Ambulance, 12 December 1916 (influenza); transferred to 1st Anzac Corps Rest Station, 13 December 1916; discharged to duty, 21 December 1916.

Admitted to No 77 Field Ambulance, 7 June 1917, and transferred to No 76 Field Ambulance the same day (pyrexia of unknown origin); to No 75 Field Ambulance, 12 June 1917; to No 9 Field Ambulance, 16 June 1917; to No 53 Casualty Clearing Station, 16 June 1917; to No 18 Ambulance Train, 17 June 1917; to No 3 Canadian General Hospital, Boulogne, 17 June 1917; to No 1 Convalescent Depot, 28 June 1917; marched into Australian General Base Depot, Le Havre, 1 September 1917.

Proceeded to unit, 20 September 1917; rejoined No 13 Australian Field Ambulance, 2 October 1917.

On leave to United Kingdom, 9 November 1918; rejoined unit, 28 November 1918.

Proceeded to England for return to Australia, 3 March 1919; marched into No 4 Command Depot, Hurdcott, 14 March 1919.

Marched into Australian Army Medical Corps Training Depot, Fovant, 9 April 1919.

Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Somali', 28 May 1919; disembarked Fremantle, 8 July 1919; discharged Perth (termination of period of enlistment), 30 August 1919.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsParents: Alonzo GRIFFITHS and Eveline ATKINSON
Date of death7 May 1922
Age at death48
Place of burialMinmi General Cemetery, New South Wales
SourcesNAA: B2455, GRIFFITHS Thomas Edmond

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