GRIFFIN, John William
(Service number 82064)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 7 August 1881 | Place of Birth |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | Temuka | ||
| Occupation | Painter | ||
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| Next of Kin | Mrs Fannie Wallcraft (friend), Hornbrook Street, Temuka | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | New Zealand Expeditionary Force | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | 43rd Reinforcements, A Company | ||
| Date | 2 October 1918 | ||
| Transport | Matatua | ||
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Military Awards
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Award Circumstances and Date
No information
Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 29 May 1943 | Age | 61 years |
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Temuka Cemetery | ||
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Biographical Notes
John William Griffin was born on 7 August 1881, the eldest son of John Jackson Griffin and his wife, Harriet Perry née Higgs. John Jackson Griffin was from Portadown, Ireland, while Harriet Perry Higgs was from Aylburton, Gloucestershire. They married in 1873 in New Zealand and had a family of five sons and three daughters. At various times, the family went by the surname of Jackson, both John William and Henry enlisting under this name. Harriet Griffin died in 1894, two months after the birth of her eighth child.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [04 September 2020]; Temuka Cemetery headstone image (Timaru District Council) [05 September 2020]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [05 September 2020]; NZ Times, 1 May 1919 (Papers Past)
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