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Eric Neville Griffiths

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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Eric Neville AWMM
  • Surname
    Griffiths AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • WWII NZ1182 AWMM
    • WWII 1182 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    9 September 1912 AWMM AWMM
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  • Place of birth
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  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
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  • Relationship status
    Married AWMM

Service

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 Jeweller/Civilian AWMM
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Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
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Medical history

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    Accidental Death, Cause of Death AWMM
    Accidental death on active service AWMM

Biographical information

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  • Son of Percy and Nancy Griffiths, of Wellington; husband of Frances Marie Griffiths, of Wellington.

    Served in the in the International Squadron of the (Republican) Spanish Air Force in the Spanish Civil War from 1936-1937.

    Wellington General Reconnaissance Squadron, 1939

    Staff Pilot in Air Observers school, Ohakea, 1940

    Test Pilot, No.1 Aircraft Depot, Hobsonville, October 1940

    No.4 General Reconnaissance Squadron, Fiji, November 1940

    Griffiths promoted to Flight Lieutenant on 1 January 1941 and was made Liason Officer to 70 Pursuit Squadron of the USAAF in February 1942.

    Air accident AWMM
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Death

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  • Death
    23 February 1942 AWMM
    Age 28 AWMM
    Nadi, Fiji AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Accidental Death AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Suva Military Cemetery, Fiji AWMM 9. 133. AWMM
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Sources

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    • Derby, M. (2009). Kiwi companeros : New Zealand and the Spanish Civil War. Christchurch, N.Z.: Canterbury University Press. AWMM
    • List of RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Personnel - List of Personnel Killed or Missing in Various Theatres, 1940 - 1945. [List of Killed - Officers (Canada, Pacific, Europe) - Airmen (Canada, India and Far East)]. Archives New Zealand (R17845748) AWMM

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