GRIFFIN, Andrew Joseph
(Service number 6/1548)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 29 November 1875 | Place of Birth | Timaru |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | 12 November 1914 | Age | |
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| Address at Enlistment | Hereford St, Kensington, Timaru | ||
| Occupation | Labourer, National Mortgage & Co, Timaru | ||
| Previous Military Experience | |||
| Marital Status | Single | ||
| Next of Kin | David Griffin (Father), Hereford St, Kensington St, Timaru | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | 3rd Reinforcements | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | Canterbury Infantry Battalion | ||
| Date | 14 February 1915 | ||
| Transport | Manganui or Tahiti or Aparima | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington | Destination | Suez, Egypt |
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Military Awards
| Campaigns | Egypt 1915-16, Egypt Expeditionary Force 1916, Balkans (Gallipoli) & Mudros (Lemnos) 1915 | ||
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Award Circumstances and Date
No information
Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 13 February 1955 | Age | 79 |
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| Place of Death | Timaru | ||
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Timaru Cemetery | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | |||
Biographical Notes
The Evening Post of 15 Sept 1915 (pg.8) reported the wounding of Andrew in the legs while serving with the Canterbury Battalion.
Sources
Auckland War memorial Museum Cenotaph Database (March 2015); Military personnel file via Archives New Zealand (March 2015); SCRoll web submission from R Balderston, 3 January 2016
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Janette Clarke, SC branch NZSG
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