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DAVIES-GRIFFITH, Owen Llewellyn

Service Numbers:	QX33557, Q115285
Enlisted:	29 July 1941
Last Rank:	Lance Sergeant
Last Unit:	31/51 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF
Born:	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia , 22 September 1911
Home Town:	Atherton, Tablelands, Queensland
Schooling:	Townsville Grammar School, Queensland, Australia
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Killed in Action, Bougainville, Solomon Islands, Pacific Islands, 19 January 1945, aged 33 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Port Moresby Memorial, Port Moresby, Papua, Papua New Guinea Panel 5
Memorials:	Atherton War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Brisbane 31/51 Australian Infantry Battalion (AIF) Roll of Honour, Cairns - 31/51 Australian Infantry Battalion, Port Moresby (Bomana) Memorial, Townsville Grammar School Roll of Honour, Townsville Grammar School War Service Honour Roll

World War 2 Service

29 Jul 1941:	Enlisted Private, Q115285, Army Training Units
29 Jul 1941:	Involvement Private, Q115285, 31/51 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF, Enlistment/Embarkation WW2, indicating initial service in the militia. 31st/51st Battalion was later re-designated a 2nd AIF Unit.
29 Jul 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lance Sergeant, QX33557, 31/51 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF
29 Jul 1941:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lance Sergeant, QX33557, 31/51 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF
20 Jul 1942:	Transferred Private, 31/51 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF, Q115285 - new Svc No - QX33557
1 Nov 1944:	Involvement Lance Sergeant, QX33557, 31/51 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF, Bougainville, Killed in Action 19 January 1945
Date unknown:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lance Sergeant, QX33557, 31/51 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF

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