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Pte. Norman Griffin

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Sunderland, England (United Kingdom)
Death: January 19, 1945 (21)
Italy (World War II: Killed in Action)
Place of Burial: [I. A. 11.], Faenza, Ravenna, Italy
Immediate Family:

Son of Norman Griffin and Jane Watson Griffin
Brother of Lillian Jean Griffin and Raymond Griffin

Occupation: Grocer's Assistant | 24 Infantry Battalion
Find A Grave ID: 56519822
Service No: WWII 446451
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About Pte. Norman Griffin

Norman Griffin Son of Jane Watson Griffin (nee Wardropper) & Norman Griffin of Tauranga New Zealand. Sister of Lillian Jean Griffin @ brother of Raymond Griffin (Griff). Norman was born in Durham England and travelled to New Zealand with his parents for his fathers health. They settled in Tauranga, Bay of Plenty. He was a keen sailor and at the Tauranga Yatch Club they still have a race held in his Honour. "The Norman Griffin Cup", He enlisted towards the end of the war and was killed in action in Italy. He left behind his Mother, Sister & Brother as his Father passed away due to ill health in 1936. Source: Find A Grave.

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Pte. Norman Griffin's Timeline

1923
May 9, 1923
Sunderland, England (United Kingdom)
1945
January 19, 1945
Age 21
Italy
January 19, 1945
Age 21
Faenza War Cemetery, [I. A. 11.], Faenza, Ravenna, Italy