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Private Leo Patrick Griffin

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Date of birth: 1890-02-07
Place of birth: Arthur Ontario Canada
Next of kin: Father: Michael Griffin, Arthur, Wellington, Ontario, Canada
Marital status: married
Occupation (attested): Marine Engineer
Occupation (normalized): Other Mechanical Engineers
Address: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Religion: Roman Catholic
Date of death: 1918-08-26
Cause of death: Killed in action
Buried: Wancourt British Cemetery, V. H. 6.

MILITARY INFORMATION

Regimental number: 258741
Highest Rank: Private (28th Battalion)
Rank detail
  1. Private, 28th Battalion, Infantry (Army).
  2. Private (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Shot in head at approximately 5:00 PM while advancing on an enemy position near Heninel, Pas de Calais, France

Images

Headstone, Wancourt British Cemetery

RESEARCH INFORMATION

CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try this.
CWGC ID: 32523
LAC ID: 436779
Attestation record(s): image 1, image 2
Service file: B3831-S043
Uploader's Notes:

Partrick Leo Griffin (name at birth) was the son of Michael Griffin (1850 - 1918) and Bridget M McGinn (1856 - 1933). He had black hair and blue eyes.

Patrick had ten siblings: John (1875 - 1965), James Michael (1876 - 1960), Felix John (1877 - 1948), Eugene Joseph (1879 - 1945), William (1881 - 1974), Mary Catherine (1883 - 1963), Rose Olive (1884 - 1939), Lillian E (1886 - 1967), Elizabeth D (1888 - 1974), and Arthur Joseph (1894 - 1981).

Uploader's Research notes: [Private Army Canadian Infantry 211th Battalion Private Army Canadian Infantry 28th Battalion ]

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2013-08-30