GRINTER, James Louis
| Service Number: | 3067 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 October 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 33rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Nathalia, Victoria, Australia, 1896 |
| Home Town: | Oaklands, Urana, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 18 October 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Boulogne Eastern Cemetery Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, Boulogne, Nord Pas de Calais, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 18 Oct 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3067, 33rd Infantry Battalion | |
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| 24 Jan 1917: | Involvement Private, 3067, 33rd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: '' | |
| 24 Jan 1917: | Embarked Private, 3067, 33rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Wounded in the left thigh on 12 October 1917 at about 2.30am in the morning while moving up to the line for an attack. The wound was very severe, fracturing the thigh bone. Private Grinter was operated on at the 3rd Australian Casualty Clearing Station the same day before being taken to the the No.3 Canadian General Hospital on the 13 October 1917. He was again operated on to remove the foreign body and during the next few days rapidly spreading infection developed and it was necessary to amputate the leg in an attempt to save his life. Unfortunately he developed blood poisoning and died on the 18 October 1917.