Lance Corporal Melvin Griffin
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Date of birth: 1890-06-05
Place of birth: Mountsberg Wentworth County Ontario Canada
Next of kin: Annie Gertrude Griffin, wife. King Street East, Dundas, Ontario
Marital status: married
Occupation (attested): Labourer
Occupation (normalized): Labourer
Address:
King Street East, Dundas, Ontario
Religion: Methodist
Date of death:
1917-10-21
Cause of death:
Died of wounds
Buried:
Nine Elms British Cemetery (Belgium), V. C. 22.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 785223
Highest Rank:
Lance Corporal
(123rd Battalion)
Rank detail
- Lance Corporal, 123rd Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1917-02-08 to 1917-10-21
- Lance Corporal, 123rd Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1916-10-18 to 1917-02-08
- Lance Corporal (Army). 1916-08-16 to 1916-10-18
- Private (Army). 1916-03-30 to 1916-08-16
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Ypres
Commemoration location: War Memorial in Dundas, Ontario
RESEARCH INFORMATION
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CWGC ID: 136764
LAC ID:
436795
Service file: B3831A-S059
Uploader's Notes: Son of James Edward Griffin and Mary Matilda Griffin (nee Warner); younger brother of Aylmer Griffin (Service No. 532261); husband of Annie Gertrude Griffin (nee Sheehan) married May 23, 1912
Uploader's Research notes:
Circumstances of Death
129th Battalion Nominal Roll
[Lance Corporal Army Canadian Infantry 123rd Battalion Signal Section Private Army Canadian Infantry 129th Battalion Lance Corporal Army Canadian Infantry 129th Battalion Lance Corporal Army Canadian Infantry 123rd Battalion C Company ]ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2015-12-27