GRIMWOOD, Joseph Redvers
| Service Number: | NX25502 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 25 May 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 15 Field Regiment AMF |
| Born: | Ipswich, Queensland, Australia, 29 January 1917 |
| Home Town: | Newcastle, Hunter Region, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Illness whilst a Prisoner of the Japanese , Borneo, 2 July 1945, aged 28 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Labuan Memorial, Panel 4 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Gunner, NX25502 | |
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| 25 May 1940: | Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2), Gunner, NX25502, 15 Field Regiment AMF | |
| 7 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX25502, 2nd/15th Field Regiment | |
| 23 Jun 1941: | Embarked Australian Army (Post WW2), Gunner, NX25502, 15 Field Regiment AMF, Singapore | |
| 7 Apr 1942: | Imprisoned Listed as Missing - confirmed PoW in Borneo on 29 March 1943 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Joseph was the fifth of seven children of Hugh Grimwood (born 1885 at Dinmore, QLD) and Alice Richards (born 1886 at Silkstone in Ipswich, QLD). Hugh - a Coal Miner - and Alice married in 1907 in Ipswich, QLD where their children were born. The family relocated to Redhead at Charlestown in the Hunter Valley, NSW in the late 1920s, where Hugh worked as a Coal Miner.
Joesph was a Miner at Redhead in NSW when he enlisted in the AMF in 1940. He was a Gunner (Service No:NX25501) with 2/15 Field Regiment and embarked for Singapore in July 1941. Joseph was reported MIA on 7 April 1942, and confirmed as a PoW in Borneo in May 1943. Joseph died at Sandakan PoW Camp in Borneo on 28 October 1945.
Brother-in-Law Harold George Ward (Service Nos:NX171001/N286733) served in WWII.
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