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Patrick Joseph Griffen

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Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1918 - No known copyright restrictions

Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1918 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Patrick Joseph AWMM
  • Surname
    Griffen AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 18654 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
    b. 7th February 1887 Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 8 December 2023 - Military Record
  • Place of birth
    Hastings, H.B. Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 8 December 2023 - Military Record
  • Birth notes
    Son of Patrick & Mary GRIFFEN late of Makauri, Gisborne Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 8 December 2023 - Military Record
  • Address before enlistment
    Makauri, Gisborne Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 8 December 2023 - Military Record
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW1 Mrs M. Griffen (mother), Makauri, Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Single Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 8 December 2023 - Military Record

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 18654 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 Farmer/Civilian AWMM
  • 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
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Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Patrick Griffen was the son of Patrick and Mary Griffen, of Makauri, Gisborne, New Zealand. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    6 January 1918 AWMM
    Age 31 AWMM
    France, Europe AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Hooge Crater Cemetery, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium AWMM XV. C. 11. AWMM
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  • Obituary
    Mr Griffen, of Makauri, has received the sad advice that his son. Rifleman Patrick J. Griffen. was killed in action on January 6. Rifleman Griffen left wIth the 15tlh Reinforcements, and arrived in France about the end of October, 1916. He had seen continual service up to November, 1917, when he was granted leave. He went to Ireland, and could not have been long back in the firing line when he was killed. Rifleman Griffen took part in the Battle of Messines, and was also in the engagement at Passchendaele, where he was attached to the Lewis gun section. Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 8 December 2023 - GISBORNE TIMES, VOLUME XLIX, ISSUE 4776, 25 JANUARY 1918, PAGE 4
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Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

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08 December 2023Lorraine Mona Gisborne Researcher

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