Griffiths John Charles

Fast Facts

Type of person	Individual
Date of birth	"{{{Date approximate}}}" is not recognized as a Boolean (true/false) value. 1931
Place of birth	Tumby Bay South Australia
Principal occupation	Farming
Date of death	"{{{Date approximate}}}" is not recognized as a Boolean (true/false) value. 2015
Place of decease	Hamley Bridge Memorial Hospital

JOHN Charles Griffiths was born on June 14, 1931 at Tumby Bay Hospital, the second child of parents Archie and Evelyn. He lived on a farm at Karkoo with his parents and sisters, Maureen and Fay. John’s father was originally from Long Plains, but had taken up a section of partly cleared land at Karkoo in 1927. John attended school at Karkoo, travelling there each day by pony. The family also raced and bred harness horses, a love which continued throughout John’s life. John would help on the farm and as times were tough due to the start of the Great Depression, John and Maureen would trap rabbits for their mother to cook. In 1940, John’s father leased out the farm and moved the family to Adelaide. They looked for other farms and finally settled at Mallala on the property still worked by the family today. John’s youngest sister June was born a few years after moving to Mallala. Once settled in Mallala, John continued his school days at the primary school, making many lifelong friendships. John finished his schooling in Adelaide at PAC before returning to work on the family farm with

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• Information provided by the family and compiled and published by Louise Michael The Plains Producer.

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