GRUNDY, Leslie John Charles Phair
| Service Number: | 2558 |
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| Enlisted: | 21 September 1916, Show Ground Camp, Sydney |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 39th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Gingkin, Cox's River, New South Wales. Australia, 1896 |
| Home Town: | Camden, Camden, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Cox's River Public School, New South Wales. Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Pneumonia, Fargo Military Hospital, Wiltshire, United Kingdom, 20 February 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Durrington Cemetery, Wiltshire INSCRIPTION WE MISS YOU MOST WHO LOVED YOU BEST Grave 207. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 21 Sep 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, 2558, Show Ground Camp, Sydney | |
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| 9 Nov 1916: | Involvement Private, 2558, 39th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: '' | |
| 9 Nov 1916: | Embarked Private, 2558, 39th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Leslie John Charles Phair GRUNDY was born in Gingkin, Cox's River near Burragorang, New South Wales
His parents were John GRUNDY & Ann Jane PHAIR who married in NSW in 1886
He died of pneumonia in the Fargo Military Hospital in Wiltshire, UK on 20th February, 1917 and is buried in the Durrington Cemetery & his name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial
Biography contributed by Evan Evans
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK
Died on this date - 20th February........Private Leslie John Charles Phair Grundy was born at Gingkin, NSW in 1896. He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) on 21st September, 1916 as a 21 year old Labourer from Cox's River , via Picton, NSW.
Private Grundy arrived in England on 9th January, 1917 & was posted to 10th Training Battalion at Durrington, Wiltshire. He was admitted to Fargo Military Hospital with Influenza on 30th January, 1917. Private Grundy died at 9 am on 20th February, 1917 from Broncho Pneumonia.
Pte Grundy was BURIED IN DURRINGTON CEMETERY, WILTSHIRE on 22nd February, 1917.
Durrington Cemetery contains 141 Australian WW1 Soldiers.
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