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Military service
Service number:
151715
Age:
24
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Division:
16th Bn.
Birth:
July 27, 1892
West Bromwich, United Kingdom
Enlistment:
October 26, 1915
Melita, Manitoba
Death:
September 4, 1916
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Son of John and Mary Ann Griffin, of Sturgeon Valley, Saskatchewan.
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Photo of Charles Frederick Griffin
Charles Griffin and his father, John -
Photo of Charles Frederick Griffin
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Attestation Papers (Front)
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Attestation Papers (Reverse)
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His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens)
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Canada's Vimy Memorial, located approximately 8 kilometres to the north-east of Arras, France. May the sacrifice of so many never be forgotten. (J. Stephens)
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Memorial
Inscription - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Private Charles Frederick Griffin
Digital gallery of
Private Charles Frederick Griffin
Digital gallery of
Private Charles Frederick Griffin
Digital gallery of
Private Charles Frederick Griffin
Digital gallery of
Private Charles Frederick Griffin
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 95 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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