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John Bell Griffiths

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Stevens, Kerr, Griffiths. Nelson Provincial Museum, Tyree Studio Collection: 85632

Stevens, Kerr, Griffiths. Nelson Provincial Museum, Tyree Studio Collection: 85632

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    John Bell AWMM
  • Surname
    Griffiths AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    John Bell Griffin AWMM
  • Service number
    • 391 AWMM
    • 5008 AWMM
    • WWI 559 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Baptist, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW1 20 Gramener Crescent, Summer Hill AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW1 Mrs Eva Griffith (wife), 20 Gramener Crescent, Summer Hill AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
  • 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

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Not in New Zealand Cemetery Records

    Father was named John Griffiths. Name spelt as John Bell Griffin in Archives New Zealand, but Griffiths in Personnel file. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
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  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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