GRAINGER, William Robert
| Service Numbers: | QX4526, SN QX4526 |
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| Enlisted: | 3 November 1939 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | New Guinea Details Depot |
| Born: | Ipswich, Queensland, Australia, 31 May 1919 |
| Home Town: | Manly, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | House Painter |
| Died: | Ipswich, Queensland, Australia, 25 February 2003, aged 83 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Nov 1939: | Involvement Private, QX4526 | |
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| 3 Nov 1939: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX4526 | |
| 3 Nov 1939: | Enlisted | |
| 18 Jan 1940: | Embarked Australian Army (Post WW2), Driver, SN QX4526, 6th Divisional Army Service Corps, per Troopship U2 for Kantara | |
| 9 Apr 1941: | Embarked Australian Army (Post WW2), Driver, QX4526, 6th Divisional Army Service Corps, ex Egypt for Greece per Andes | |
| 12 Aug 1942: | Embarked Australian Army (Post WW2), Driver, QX4526, New Guinea Details Depot, ex Brisbane for New Guinea per John Hart | |
| 14 Dec 1943: | Embarked Australian Army (Post WW2), Driver, QX4526, New Guinea Details Depot, ex Port Moresby for Townsville per Charon | |
| 29 Aug 1944: | Promoted Australian Army (Post WW2), Corporal, 2/3 Australian General Transport Company | |
| 9 Oct 1944: | Embarked Australian Army (Post WW2), Corporal, QX4526, ex Cairns for Aitape per Francis Parkman 2/3 AGT Coy | |
| 4 Feb 1945: | Embarked Australian Army (Post WW2), Driver, QX4526, emp Aitape for Townsville Reverted to rank of Driver at own request | |
| 9 Jul 1945: | Discharged | |
| 9 Jul 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX4526 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
William Jnr was the youngest of five children of William Granger (born 1879 in Glasgow, Scotland) and Edith Wilcok (born 1878 in Yorkshire). William Snr - a House Painter in Ipswich, QLD - married Edith Wilcok in 1906 in Ipswich, where they raised their family until moving to Manly, QLD in the late 1920's. William Snr served in WWI (Service No:1076)
A House Painter at Manly in QLD, William was living in Brisbane when he enlisted in the AMF in 1939. Older brother John enlisted in the RAAF (Service No:9375) in 1940. William served with 2.3 Australian Transport Platoon as a Driver in the Middle East (1940 - 1942 in Palestine, Crete, Syria and Greece), as a Corporal with 49 New Guinea Details Depot (Moresby, Lae: 1942 - 1944) and with 6th Division AASC in Aitape in 1945 - at his own request he reverted to the rank of Driver. William was Discharged in 1945.
In 1944 William married Norma Alexandra Watson (born 1919 in Brisbane, QLD) - Norma worked as a Machinist. William worked as a House Painter in Manly, and he and Norma moved to Bundaberg in the late 1950s. They reloctaed on Ashgrove in Brisbane in 1963 and William worked as a Manager. William and Noram divorced, and both remarried - William to Marjorie, and Norma to George.
William and Marjorie lived at Manly and Beenleigh in QLD, where William worked as a Van Driver until he retired.
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