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In Memory of
Nicholas Frank Griff
Gunner, L/10184
2 Lt. A.A. Regt.
Royal Canadian Artillery
who died 22 age
on 02 Sept 1943

Remembered with honour
AGIRA WAR CEMETERY, SICILY


Born: 18 Feb 1921, Buchanan, Yorkton Census Division, Saskatchewan, Canada
Son of Frank and Waselk Griff, of Buchanan, Saskatchewan;
He enlisted on the 23rd of September 1939 in Yorkton, Saskatchewan.

Nick served in the 2nd Light Anti Aircraft Regiment of the RCA. He was wounded on the 17th of August 1943. He had severe burn wounds and was transferred to 5th Canadian General Hospital in Catania. It is not know how Nick got the burn wounds. In Catania he succumbed of his wounds on 2 September 1943. He was initially buried at Catania War Cemetery and later reburied at Agira.
Nick lived in Buchanan with his parents, five younger brothers and one younger sister. His older sister was married and lived elsewhere in Saskatchewan.


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Name: Griff, Nicholas, N F
Rank: Gunner
Service: L/10184
Unit Text: 2 Lt. A.A. Regt.
Regiment: Royal Canadian Artillery
Date of Death: 02/09/1943
Age: 22
Grave Reference: A. B. 17
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