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Boy Telegraphist JOHN GRIFFIN

Service Number: J/36937
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Navy

H.M.A.S. "Melbourne."

Date of Death

Died 10 April 1917

Age 17 years old

Buried or commemorated at

PLYMOUTH (FORD PARK) CEMETERY

General L. 2. 0.

United Kingdom

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  • Secondary Unit, Regiment on loan to Royal Australian Navy
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Patrick and Annie Griffin. Native of Callan, Kilkenny, Ireland.
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Buried or commemorated at

PLYMOUTH (FORD PARK) CEMETERY
Devon United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 2068
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