James GRIEVE MC

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Service Number:	19580
Enlisted:	4 May 1916, Enlisted Maribyrnong Victoria Appointment as Warrant Officer Class One as Armament Artificer
Last Rank:	Captain
Last Unit:	Army Ordnance Corps AIF
Born:	Langham Dumfriesshire Scotland UK , 27 September 1865
Home Town:	Williamstown (Vic), Hobsons Bay, Victoria
Schooling:	Qualified Engineer/ Artificer
Occupation:	Professional Soldier
Died:	Natural Causes , Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital, 19 February 1948, aged 82 years
Cemetery:	Williamstown (General) Cemetery, Victoria, Australia
Memorials:

4 May 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Warrant Officer Class 1, 8th Field Artillery Brigade , Enlisted Maribyrnong Victoria Appointment as Warrant Officer Class One as Armament Artificer
20 May 1916:	Embarked 19580, 8th Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Medic, Melbourne
20 May 1916:	Involvement 19580, 8th Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: ''
18 Dec 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Army Ordnance Corps AIF, Appointment as an Officer in the Australian Ordanance Corps as Engineer / Artificer
18 Mar 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Army Ordnance Corps AIF, Appointment as OIC No 23 Ordnance Light Workshop attached to 2nd ANZAC Corps
16 Aug 1917:	Honoured Military Cross, Battle of Messines, Awarded MC for work as OIC No23 Light Workshops repairing 18 Pounder field Guns and 4.5 inch Howitzers and return to immediate duty during the Messiness Offensive (sic)
31 Dec 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Captain, 3rd Division Headquarters, Captain appointment in the Australian Army Ordanance Corps
16 Aug 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Captain, 3rd Division Headquarters, RTA England from France evacuated to Hospital for treatment and convalescence Enteritis severe 3rd London General Hospital . Return to duty France on 9 November 1918
15 Sep 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Captain, 19580, Army Ordnance Corps AIF, Appointment terminated in the AIF at 3MD Melbourne.

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Warrant Officer Class 1 No8 (Pre WW1)

Armament Artificer Victorian Permanent Artillery and the Royal Australian Garrison Artillery 6th March 1890 till 28th September 1919.

Captain ( Honorary Major) Post WW1

Appointed Captain Quartermaster as Armament Artificer in the Royal Australian Ordnance Corps with effect 29 September 1919.

Awarded 16th June 1916 Meritorious Service Medal for service as Armament Artificer 3rd Military District issued 26 May 1921

Appointed Honorary Major 27September 1925

Struck off retired list