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.

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