Richard GRIFFITHS

Regimental number10/1505
Date of birth8 April 1889
Place of birthLondon, England
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressWaimata Valley, Gisborne
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation25
Height5' 9"
Weight161 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs H T Griffiths, Glebeside, Hastings Road, Bexhill-on-Sea, England
Previous military serviceServed for 3 years in School Cadelts, England; 1 year in Ceylon Planters Rifle Corps; not serving in any military unit at time of NZEF enlistment.
Enlistment date29 December 1914
Place of enlistmentTrentham
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 3rd Reinforcements, Wellington Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Tahiti on 14 February 1915
Final rankPrivate
Final unitWellington Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 8 August 1915
Age at death from cemetery records27
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsChunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial (Panel No 20), Gallipoli, Turkey
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Eveline S.M. Griffiths, 'Glebeside', Bexhill-on-Sea, England, and the late Herbert T. Griffiths, MD
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Killed in action, 8 August 1915.

War service: 232 days (of which 176 days were abroad)

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Wellington Infantry Batln/Third
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 16789219

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