Campbell Ellis Griffin Bessell

Events

Event	Date	Place	Description	Sources
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	Event Note https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=9519271
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	Event Note https://www.awm.gov.au/sites/default/files/2014adamrankinmontbrehainamar13nov_2.pdf
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	Event Note https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=4711809
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	Event Note http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1470044
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	Event Note https://youtu.be/8x_hLZZO5GY?si=KXZETdrp9nK0gDl6&t=1935
Birth	1898-09-26	South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia		1c 4c 5c
				1c 4c 5c
Occupation	1917-08-00	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	Ironworker

Military Service	1917-08-25	Victoria, Australia
	Event Note Fills out AIF enlistment. Needs parental consent but mother refuses so has sister, Evelina, forge consent of his mother.
Residence	1917-08-25	Chelsea, Victoria, Australia
	Event Note Ella Grove, residence on AIF enlistment form
Military Service	1917-09-10	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia		8c
	Event Note Joined AIF. Enlistment form signed 25 Aug 1917. 23rd Infantry Battalion, 20th Reinforcement, Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A71 Nestor on 21 November 1917. Eric William Phillips, future husband of Evelina, also on Nestor.			8c
Military Service	1917-12-15	Port Said, Ash Sharqiyah, Egypt
	Event Note https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=4711809
Military Service	1918-01-05	Alexandria, Al Iskandariyah, Egypt
	Event Note AIF training in Egypt at Gabbari Camp near Alexandria prior to transport to Europe. https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=4711809
Military Service	1918-01-13	Taranto, Puglia, Italy
	Event Note https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Gallery151/dist/JGalleryViewer.aspx?B=4711809
Military Service	1918-01-23	Southampton, Hampshire, England
	Event Note https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Gallery151/dist/JGalleryViewer.aspx?B=4711809
Military Service	1918-03-21	Fovant, Wiltshire, England
	Event Note Lance Corporal, reverted to Private on March Out to France. https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Gallery151/dist/JGalleryViewer.aspx?B=4711809
Military Service	1918-04-17	Etaples, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
	Event Note https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Gallery151/dist/JGalleryViewer.aspx?B=4711809
Military Service	1918-04-27	Morlancourt, Somme, Picardie, France
	Event Note https://vwma.org.au/explore/units/315
Military Service	1918-10-04	Montbrehain, Aisne, France
	Event Note Wounded at Montbrehain, possibly by overnight Australian creeping barrage prior to 5 Oct 6am attack. https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Gallery151/dist/JGalleryViewer.aspx?B=4711809
Death	1918-10-05	Aisne, Picardie, France		2 3 7 8d 8e
	Event Note Army field hospital, presumably near Templeux-le-Guérard where Divisional HQ was located.			2 3 7 8d 8e
Burial	1918-10-08	Templeux-le-Guerard, Somme, Picardie, France		2 3 7
	Event Note Templeux-le-Guerard Communal Cemetery Extension. About 15 km from where he was wounded by a high-explosive shell. 2nd Division HQ in this village.			2 3 7

Parents

Relation to main person	Name	Birth date	Death date
Father	William Griffin	1850-03-22	1932-02-01
Mother	Rachel Louisa Cooper	1873-09-22	1951-05-24
Sister	Lillian May Griffin	1892	1933-11-28
Sister	Daisy Violet Victoria Griffin	1894-09-05	1965-07-00
Sister	Florence Ada Griffin	1896	1983-10-02
	William Henry Charles Griffin	1898-09-26	1918-10-05
Sister	Evelina Griffin	1901-03-02	1982-10-20
Brother	James Morris Griffin	1903	1969-10-28
Sister	Valerie Amelia Griffin	1908	1969-01-28

Stepfather	George William Stap	1890-02-00	1953-02-19
Mother	Rachel Louisa Cooper	1873-09-22	1951-05-24
Half-sister	Ivy May Griffin	1912-06-12	1999-06-12

Pedigree

William Griffin
1. Rachel Louisa Cooper
  1. Lillian May Griffin
  2. Daisy Violet Victoria Griffin
  3. Florence Ada Griffin
  4. William Henry Charles Griffin
  5. Evelina Griffin
  6. James Morris Griffin
  7. Valerie Amelia Griffin

Ancestors

William Henry Charles Griffin
*1898-09-26
+1918-10-05

William Griffin
*1850-03-22
+1932-02-01

Peter Griffin
*about 1826
+1884-05-04

Michael Griffin
*
+...

Catherine Dudley
*
+...

Jane Deverty
*about 1825
+1855-03-20

John Deverty
*before 1790
+before 1855

Rachel Louisa Cooper
*1873-09-22
+1951-05-24

Richard Cooper
*about 1833
+1891-11-02

John Cooper
*about 1801
+...

Mary
*about 1811
+...

Sarah Ann Williamson
*about 1828
+1880-02-20

Edward Williamson
*about 1797
+1862-10-00

Sarah
*about 1801
+before 1881

Source References

Ancestry.com: Australia Birth Index, 1788-1922
1. - Source text:
    Birth date: 1898
    Birth place: Melbourne, Victoria
2. - Source text:
    Birth date: 1898
    Birth place: Melbourne, Victoria
3. - Source text:
    Birth date: 1898
    Birth place: Melbourne, Victoria
Ancestry.com: Australia and New Zealand, Find A Grave Index, 1800s-Current
Ancestry.com: International, Find A Grave Index for Select Locations, 1300s-Current
Ancestry.com: Australia, WWI Service Records, 1914-1920
1. - Page: National Archives of Australia; Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia; B2455, First Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1914-1920
2. - Page: National Archives of Australia; Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia; B2455, First Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1914-1920
3. - Page: National Archives of Australia; Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia; B2455, First Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1914-1920
Ancestry.com: Victoria, Australia, Birth Index, 1837-1917
1. - Page: The Victorian Registry of Births, Deaths, and Marriages; Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Victoria, Australia, Birth Records
2. - Page: The Victorian Registry of Births, Deaths, and Marriages; Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Victoria, Australia, Birth Records
3. - Page: The Victorian Registry of Births, Deaths, and Marriages; Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Victoria, Australia, Birth Records
Ancestry.com: Australia, Applications to Enlist in the AIF, 1915-1918
1. - Page: National Archives of Australia; Applications to enlist in the AIF 1915-1918; Series: MT1486/1
2. - Page: National Archives of Australia; Applications to enlist in the AIF 1915-1918; Series: MT1486/1
Ancestry.com: Web: International, Find A Grave Index
The Melbourne Argus
1. - Date: 1918-11-26
  - Page: 1918 'THE PRICE OF PEACE.', The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956), 26 November, p. 7
  - Source text:
    THE PRICE OF PEACE.
    VICTORIAN CASUALTIES.
    Lists Nos 445 and 446.
    Released yesterday by the Defence depart- ment "Casualty Lists Nos. 445 and 446 con- tain the following; names of Victorian mem- bers of the A.I.F., all of whom, unless other wise specified, are privates:-
    [...]
    LIST No. 446.
    [...]
    Died of Wounds
    [...]
    GRIFFIN, W. H. C. Clifton Hill, 5/10/18.
2. - Date: 1918-11-30
  - Page: 1918 'THE 445th and 446th CASUALTY LISTS.', The Mildura Cultivator (Vic. : 1888 - 1920), 30 November, p. 14
  - Source text:
    DIED OF WOUNDS
    Private W. H. Griffin, Clifton Hill
3. - Date: 1918-11-30
  - Page: 1918 'THE 445th and 446th CASUALTY LISTS.', The Mildura Cultivator (Vic. : 1888 - 1920), 30 November, p. 14
  - Source text:
    DIED OF WOUNDS
    Private W. H. Griffin, Clifton Hill
4. - Date: 1918-11-26
  - Page: 1918 'THE PRICE OF PEACE.', The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956), 26 November, p. 7
  - Source text:
    THE PRICE OF PEACE.
    VICTORIAN CASUALTIES.
    Lists Nos 445 and 446.
    Released yesterday by the Defence depart- ment "Casualty Lists Nos. 445 and 446 con- tain the following; names of Victorian mem- bers of the A.I.F., all of whom, unless other wise specified, are privates:-
    [...]
    LIST No. 446.
    [...]
    Died of Wounds
    [...]
    GRIFFIN, W. H. C. Clifton Hill, 5/10/18.
5. - Date: 1918-11-30
  - Page: 1918 'THE 445th and 446th CASUALTY LISTS.', The Mildura Cultivator (Vic. : 1888 - 1920), 30 November, p. 14
  - Source text:
    DIED OF WOUNDS
    Private W. H. Griffin, Clifton Hill

Birth Name	Griffin, William Henry Charles 1b 2 3 4b 5b 6b 7
Gender	male
Age at Death	20 years, 9 days

William Henry Charles Griffin 1a 2 3 4a 5a 6a 7 8a 8b

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Source References

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