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GRAINGER, William James
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 4507 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 15th Machine Gun Company |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Waterloo, Pyrenees, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 14 February 1917, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Sebastopol Redan State School No 1289 Roll of Honor, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 28 Dec 1916: | Involvement Private, 4507, 8th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
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| 28 Dec 1916: | Embarked Private, 4507, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne | |
| 14 Feb 1917: | Involvement Private, 4507, 15th Machine Gun Company, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4507 awm_unit: 15th Australian Machine Gun Company awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-02-14 |
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