Griffiths, John Neville

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M.B., Ch.M., D.P.H.R.C.P.S. : Captain, R.A.M.C., B.E.F., England and France. Enlisting in London in 1914, served as M.O., Connaught Hospital, Aldershot, then at No. 7 General Hospital, Malassise, near St. Omer, and later as relieving M.O. to Deccan Horse on the Somme in 1916, Air Force and other units. Invalided to No. 3 London General Hospital, but, returning to the Front on recovery, served till death. Promoted captain, 1st December, 1915. Killed in Action, near Lebucquiere, Bapaume, 30th November, 1917, while M.O. to 58th Heavy Artillery Group, and buried in Lebucquiere Communal Cemetery Extension. Early education at Sydney Grammar School. Later at St. Andrew''s College.

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Early education at Sydney Grammar School, Darlinghurst, Sydney, Australia
1905

Tertiary education at University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia 1905
1906

Junior Medical Officer at Perth -- WA, Australia 1906
1907

Acting District Medical Officer and Vaccinator at Newcastle -- NSW, Australia 1907
1910

Tertiary education at Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons, Glasgow, Scotland 1910
1911

Tertiary education at University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia 1911
1914

Enlisted 1914 at Westminster [ London England ]
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Military service as Captain at Wingate, England --, United Kingdom ; France --, France
1917

Death in Lebucquiere -- Bapaume 30 November 1917

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Male

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Headstone of John neville GRIFFITHS, Lebuquiere Communal Cemetery, France [ jpg ]

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