Any information would be appreciated. Need assistance on Who/Where/What/How for this man who is on the Australian Commemorative Roll which is for those "Australians" who died in other Allied Services. If proved not to be "Australian" their names will not be removed from the Commemorative Roll however their details will be updated accordingly. I have researched the Air Force members but there are many more Land and Sea deaths in a myriad of different forces. There is not a lot of information on these people that can be accessed easily and I ask your assistance to fill in at least some of the gaps. Hopefully some relatives may see this thread and add more. I will make a different thread for each along the way as they may tend to get lost if clumped together. In Memory of Lance Bombardier EDGAR MALCOLM GRIFFITHS 13455, Light Bty., Federated Malay States Volunteer Force who died age 30 on 13 September 1943 Son of Owen Thomas Griffiths and Mary Jane Griffiths, of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Remembered with honour THANBYUZAYAT WAR CEMETERY Commemorative Roll - Edgar Malcolm Griffiths Service number: 13455 Rank: Lance Bombardier Unit: Light Battery Service: Federated Malay States Volunteer Force Conflict: 1939-1945 Date of death: 13 September 1943 Cemetery or memorial details: Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, Myanmar Federated Malay States Volunteer Force Nationality United Kingdom Japanese POW Died Age: 30 Date of Death: 1943/09/13 Place of Death: Thailand-Burma Railway Cause of Death: Source: CWGC
GRIFFITHS E.M. [Edgar Malcolm] b.1913 Stoke-on-Trent. To Australia 1913: Sydney NSW. Mining Engineer, Anglo-Oriental Mining Ltd. L/Bombardier 13455 FMSVF Light Battery POW Singapore to Thailand with F Force. Died in captivity 13.9.43 Tanbaya of tropical ulcers. He was one of several hundred Australians who served in the Malayan Volunteers. A shame they are not collectively commemorated in Australia. The Malayan Volunteers Group hope to put this right.
GRIFFITHS E.M. [Edgar Malcolm] b.1913 Stoke-on-Trent. To Australia 1913: Sydney NSW. Mining Engineer, Anglo-Oriental Mining Ltd. L/Bombardier 13455 FMSVF Light Battery POW Singapore to Thailand with F Force. Died in captivity 13.9.43 Tanbaya of tropical ulcers. He was one of several hundred Australians who served in the Malayan Volunteers. A shame they are not collectively commemorated in Australia. The Malayan Volunteers Group hope to put this right. Thanks for the info Jonathon. The ones on the Comm Roll are only those who relatives have nominated. How many more Australians were there? They should be remembered. Cheers Geoff
Over 300 of them, Geoff. We have documented short biographical details of each and are building up the detail on this. No luck at all with the Australian War Memorial - their criteria not met because technically the Volunteers were British not AIF. Our Malayan Volunteers Group Western Australia members are working on a suitable commemorative plaque location there.
Over 300 of them, Geoff. We have documented short biographical details of each and are building up the detail on this. No luck at all with the Australian War Memorial - their criteria not met because technically the Volunteers were British not AIF. Our Malayan Volunteers Group Western Australia members are working on a suitable commemorative plaque location there. If they had been nominated at the time, they would have been listed however I am advised that this "Roll" is closed for new nominees. All those on the Comm Roll did not serve with an Australian Unit. Cheers Geoff
Geoff Came across this database on Ancestry recently and may help with some details - for example UK, Foreign and Overseas Registers of British Subjects, 1628-1969 Name: Lt Bdr Edgar Malcolm Griffiths (Should read L/Bdr Lance Bombadier) Death Date: 13 Sep 1943 Death Place: Burma Event Type: Death TD
Bdr. Edgar Malcolm Griffiths, buried Thambuyzat war cemetery at end of Burma Railway, died of wounds there 1943