LEST WE FORGET

Leading Aircraftman Harold Charles GRIFFITHS

Service No: 74299
Born: Sydney NSW, 8 September 1916
Enlisted in the RAAF: 22 December 1942
Unit: No. 6 Airfield Construction Squadron
Died: Gunshot Wounds, New Guinea, 25 April 1944, Aged 27 Years
Buried: Lae War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Victor and Minnie Vincent Griffiths; husband of Venita Jean Griffiths, of Camperdown, New South Wales
Roll of Honour: Sydney NSW
Remembered: Panel 114, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT

On 25 April 1944, Leading Aircraftman Griffiths, a Plant Operator, died of gunshot wounds accidentally received.

References:

Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records (RAAF Casualty Information compiled by Alan Storr (409804))
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 166/16/329

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