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Cyril James Anthony Griffin

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Cyril James Anthony AWMM
  • Surname
    Griffin AWMM
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  • Also known as
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    WWI 2959 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
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About birth

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  • Birth
    8 October 1882 AWMM Waimate, Canterbury AWMM
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  • Birth notes
    Son of Reverend Cornelius & Mary GRIFFIN Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 14 December 2023 - Military Record
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    Single Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 14 December 2023 - Military Record

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Training and Enlistment

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    WW1 1914 AWMM Medical practitioner AWMM
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Death

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    5 July 1942 AWMM
    Age 59 AWMM
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    Columbarium Niche Wall Vlt Row Vlt, Plot 3Vl, Waikumete Cemetery, Glen Eden, Auckland AWMM
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    An Auckland medical practitioner, Dr. Cyril James Anthony Griffin. of Epsom, has died after a short illness, in his sixtieth year. He was a son of the late Rev. Cornelius Griffin, and was born at Waimate, South Canterbury. At the outbreak of the last war Dr. Griffin was a house surgeon at the Evelina Hospital for, Sick Children in London and was attached to the special reserve of the Royal Army Medical Corps. He was called up at once and went .through the retreat from Mons as a lieutenant attached to a cavalry division. His service in France covered the whole period of the war. and he was awarded .the D.S.O. and was twice mentioned in despatches. He was for some time with the army of occupation in Cologne, with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 14 December 2023 - OBITUARY
    GISBORNE HERALD, VOLUME LXIX, ISSUE 20833, 11 JULY 1942, PAGE 5
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14 December 2023Lorraine Mona Gisborne Researcher

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