George Charles LAFFIN

LAFFIN, George Charles

Service Number: 4414
Enlisted: 20 April 1915
Last Rank: Second Lieutenant
Last Unit: 20th Infantry Battalion
Born: Fiztroy, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 12 January 1894
Home Town: Meadowbank, Ryde, New South Wales
Schooling: Fort Street Boys High School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation: Sales assistant
Died: Heart disease, Concord, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 5 September 1948, aged 54 years
Cemetery: Macquarie Park Cemetery & Crematorium, North Ryde, New South Wales
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World War 1 Service

20 Apr 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4414, 3rd Australian General Hospital - WW1
15 May 1915: Involvement Private, 4414, 3rd Australian General Hospital - WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Mooltan embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
15 May 1915: Embarked Private, 4414, 3rd Australian General Hospital - WW1, RMS Mooltan, Sydney
29 Apr 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 20th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Susanne Tongue

Charles Laffin sailed on the Mooltan in May 1915. He served in the Gallipoli campaign in the 3rd AGH and the 6th Field Ambulance. He later served with the 1st AGH in Egypt and the No 1 AAH at Harefield. He did officer training at Cambridge and became a Lieutenant.

After WW1 he continued to serve his fellow soldiers, and their widows and children, as a volunteer and a chamber magistrate. He continued to serve them in WW2 as officer in charge of the Bonniebrae convalescent home.