{"id":189,"date":"2019-05-31T15:46:18","date_gmt":"2019-05-31T15:46:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mawgriffin.com\/bio\/?page_id=189"},"modified":"2021-10-22T21:08:46","modified_gmt":"2021-10-22T21:08:46","slug":"army-life","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mawgriffin.com\/bio\/army-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Army Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"Layer2\">\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;\">Michael was commissioned in\u00a0<b>1948<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;\">His first posting was to the\u00a0<b>Far East\u00a0<\/b>on Army Service in\u00a0<b>1949<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"Layer1\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<blockquote>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\">He sailed out on his first tour of the Far East on the\u00a0<b>Empire Windrush.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"text-align: center;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mawgriffin.com\/photoalbum\/windrush.jpg\" alt=\"The Empire Windrush\" width=\"332\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\">Built by Blohm &amp; Voss it was used by the Nazis as a &#8216;strength through joy vessel&#8217; She became a troopship, then transport vessel for West Indian immigrant workers!! Later she was destroyed by fire in the Med.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"Layer6\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mawgriffin.com\/photoalbum\/kl49.jpg\" alt=\"Kuala Lumpur 1949\" width=\"288\" height=\"300\" align=\"bottom\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"Layer8\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div align=\"center\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mawgriffin.com\/armylifepre68.htm#\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mawgriffin.com\/photoalbum\/sept51kranjicreek.jpg\" alt=\"Aligators lurk nearby\" width=\"342\" height=\"200\" name=\"Image6\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#foogallery-gallery-215 .fg-image { width: 150px; }\n#foogallery-gallery-215 { --fg-gutter: 10px; }<\/style>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"foogallery foogallery-container foogallery-default foogallery-lightbox-foobox 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class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/mawgriffin.com\/bio\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2021\/10\/group-3-gfa-far-right-1949-aged-20\/2484508330.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22150%22%20height%3D%22150%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20150%20150%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mawgriffin.com\/bio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/group-2-c1949.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"250\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/mawgriffin.com\/bio\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2021\/10\/group-2-c1949\/1748682275.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22150%22%20height%3D%22150%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20150%20150%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mawgriffin.com\/bio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Gfasroomduring-Konfrontasi-Gmaiphoto-on-bed-c.1949.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"249\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/mawgriffin.com\/bio\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2021\/10\/Gfasroomduring-Konfrontasi-Gmaiphoto-on-bed-c_1949\/1967302334.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22150%22%20height%3D%22150%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20150%20150%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\">Photos include shots taken off the coast of North Johore 1949 and\u00a0Kranji Creek Singapore\u00a01950<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\">After 3 years in various locations ranging from active service, Jungle camps, to the cities of Kuala Lumpur, Hong Kong and Singapore, Michael returned to the UK and married Mai. After three years in England and three in Germany, where daughter, Gaile, was born they returned to UK until\u00a0<b>1962.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><b>His second tour in the Far East\u00a0<\/b>accompanied by family, was for three years in Singapore where he met &#8216;Konfrontasi&#8217; and active service again.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"Layer8\">\n<div align=\"center\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michael was commissioned in\u00a01948. His first posting was to the\u00a0Far East\u00a0on Army Service in\u00a01949. He sailed out on his first tour of the Far East on the\u00a0Empire Windrush. 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