GRUNDY, Joseph William
| Service Number: | 394 |
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| Enlisted: | 3 April 1916, An original member of B Company |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 40th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Deloraine, Tasmania, Australia, 1 October 1882 |
| Home Town: | Ulverstone, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farm labourer |
| Died: | Killed in action, France, 3 January 1917, aged 34 years |
| Cemetery: |
Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery, Armentieres Plot IV, Row C, Grave No. 25. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Deloraine War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 3 Apr 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 394, 40th Infantry Battalion, An original member of B Company | |
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| 1 Jul 1916: | Involvement Private, 394, 40th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Hobart embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: '' | |
| 1 Jul 1916: | Embarked Private, 394, 40th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Hobart |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
At the time of his death, Joseph William Grundy was on duty with his brother and cousin, Hedley Grundy, and some other men of the 40th Battalion, when a heavy enemy shell, falling quite close, killed him and his cousin instantaneously, as well as Sergeant Clerke and Lance Corporal Morris. All the men were blown out of their trench and their bodies were found in No Man’s Land several days later. Their mates had been digging and searching for their bodies all through this period.
Joseph’s brother, 395 Private Thomas Clifton Grundy was reportedly in the same trench at the time and survived, although wounded. He died of bronchial pneumonia almost two years later on 13 November 1918, two days after the armistice.