George Whiting GRIFFITHS

GRIFFITHS, George Whiting

Service Number: Q186743
Enlisted: 14 October 1939
Last Rank: Corporal
Last Unit: District Accounts Office (Qld)
Born: Mackay, Queensland, Australia, 5 June 1894
Home Town: Mackay, Mackay, Queensland
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Labourer
Died: Injuries (fall from a bridge), Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 22 December 1941, aged 47 years
Cemetery: Mackay Cemetery, Qld
Cremated at Mt Thompson Crematorium, Brisbane. Ashes buried in the Mackay Cemetery, Mackay Cemetery, Mackay, Queensland, Australia
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Corporal, Q186743
14 Oct 1939: Enlisted
14 Oct 1939: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, Q186743
22 Dec 1941: Discharged
22 Dec 1941: Involvement Corporal, Q186743, District Accounts Office (Qld)

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Biography contributed by John Edwards

"SOLDIER'S FATAL FALL FROM STORY BRIDGE

Corporal George Griffiths, 50, of the Garrison Battalion, fell to his death from the Story Bridge last night. No one saw him fall The body was
found on the concrete roadway of the Boundary Street wharf at 10.35 by the nightwatchman (Mr. W. Clements), who went to investigate the cause of a loud noise."from the Brisbane Courier Mail 23 Dec 1941 (nla.gov.au)

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