Horace Fennel GRIFFIN

Regimental number24/2209
OccupationBank clerk
Next of kinFather, Reverend J W Griffin, Waitara
Rank on embarkationCorporal
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 1915, 5th Reinforcements to 2nd Battalion, F Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 1 April 1916
Final rankCorporal
Final unit2nd Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateKilled in Action 7 June 1917
Age at death from cemetery records27
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsMessines Ridge (New Zealand) Memorial, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John Wesley Griffin and Mary Griffin, Papakura, Auckland
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 27, p. 5

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