GRIFFITHS, Mark
| Service Numbers: | 7206, V14810 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 October 1916, 24 Reinforcements |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 25/33 Garrison Battalion (SA) |
| Born: | Wynyard,Tasmania, Australia, 13 October 1892 |
| Home Town: | Wynyard, Waratah/Wynyard, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Frankston, Victoria, Australia, 1960, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 1 Service
| 26 Oct 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7206, 12th Infantry Battalion, 24 Reinforcements | |
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| 10 Feb 1917: | Involvement Private, 7206, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Bee embarkation_ship_number: A48 public_note: '' | |
| 10 Feb 1917: | Embarked Private, 7206, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Bee, Adelaide | |
| 23 Sep 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 7206, 12th Infantry Battalion, France | |
| 18 Jul 1919: | Embarked Private, 7206, 12th Infantry Battalion, per HT Takada | |
| 19 Oct 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 7206, 12th Infantry Battalion |
World War 2 Service
| 9 Jun 1941: | Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2), V14810, 17 Garrison Battalion- Tatura Internment Group | |
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| 31 Dec 1942: | Discharged Australian Army (Post WW2), V14810, 25/33 Garrison Battalion (SA) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Mark was the fifth of eight children of Henry (Harry) Griffiths (born 1853 in Launceston, Tasmania) and Louisa (Lucy) Elliott (born 1854 in Hobart Town, Tasmania). Henry was the son of Captain Griffiths who traded between the Eastern States of Australia, New Guinea and New Zealand. Henry 'followed the sea' for fifteen years before marrying Lucy in 1884 at Emu Bay in Tasmania. Harry and Lucy raised their family at Wynyard, where Harry was a Labourer.
Mark was a Labourer at Wynyard in Tasmania when he enlisted in the AIF in October 1916, He served as a Private (Service No:7206) with the 12th Infantry Battalion 24th Reinforcements and was WIA in France in September 1918. Brothers - Henry (Service No:1830), and John (Service No:7495) also served in WWI.
Discharged in July 1919, Mark returned to Tasmania and worked as a Labourer in Table Cape before moving to Victoria where he married Ethel May Hayes (born 1894 at Carlton in Victoria) in 1927 at Carrum. Mark and Ethel were living at Beaumaris in Melbourne, Victoria - where Mark was employed as a Stone Worker and Builder - when he enlisted in the Australian Army in June 1941. Mark served as a Private (Service No:V14810) with 3rd Garrison Brigade, 17 Garrison Battalion and 5 AT Coy RAE. He was Discharged in December 1942. Two of his brothers served in WWII - Sydney (Service N0:T255831) and Reginald (Service No:126743).
Mark and Ethel lived in Higinbotham in Victoria, where Mark was a Labourer, before retiring to Seaford in 1954. Mark died in 1960 and Ethel in 1984.