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Cenotaph record

Dennis George Griffiths

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  • Service number
    WWII 424426 AWMM
  • Also known as
    • Griff AWMM
    • Denis AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Last rank
  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Dennis George AWMM
  • Surname
    Griffiths AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    • Griff AWMM
    • Denis AWMM
  • Service number
    WWII 424426 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Anglican, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    5 June 1921 AWMM Christchurch, Canterbury 2NZEF Roll 9, p. 161
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW2 C/O Mrs Shields, Young Street, Te Awamutu AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW2 Mrs Mary Theresa Griffiths (mother), Omokoroa R.D., Tauranga AWMM
  • Relationship status
    1942 AWMM Single/WWII AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWII 424426 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 1942 AWMM
    Age 21 AWMM
    Farm hand/Civilian AWMM
    Te Awamutu, Waikato 2NZEF Roll 9, p. 161
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    • Height, WWII AWMM
      5 foot 8 inches AWMM
    • Eye colour, WWII AWMM
      Grey AWMM
    • Wounds Diseases Etc., WWII AWMM
      Gunshot wound to the abdomen AWMM

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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Death

About death

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  • Death
    12 January 2010 Cenotaph data entry form
    Age 89 AWMM
    Cenotaph data entry form
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 9 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1942 to 31st December, 1942). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 9: WW2 161 AWMM
    • Armoury Cenotaph File AWMM
    • Burdon, R. (1959). 24 Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM

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