These included service as a cipher clerk to Major Orde Wingate in Ethiopia and later as adjutant to Prince Makonnen, one of the sons of Emperor Haile Selassie I, in the Sudan Defence Force.
[2] The couple lived in Australia and the Canary Islands before settling in Introdacqua in the Abruzzo region of Italy.
Gwyn Griffin died of a bloodstream infection in October 1967, while being treated for a spinal disk problem.
Gwyn Griffin's books were well received by the public, and his storytelling ability was particularly noted in reviews of his work.
[7] His final novel, An Operational Necessity, was based on the Peleus Incident, the only documented case in World War II in which a U-boat machine-gunned survivors in the water.