Victor Joseph GRAHAM

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GRAHAM, Victor Joseph

Service Number:	4187
Enlisted:	11 August 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	4th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Grenfell, New South Wales, Australia, 1896
Home Town:	Grenfell, Weddin, New South Wales
Schooling:	Grenfell Public School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Killed In Action, Pozieres, France, 23 July 1916
Cemetery:	Serre Road Cemetery No.2 Beaumont Hamel, France Plot XXV, Row F, Grave No. 8 (remains discovered 1930)
Memorials:	Grenfell Great War Memorial

World War 1 Service

11 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4187, 4th Infantry Battalion
20 Dec 1915:	Involvement Private, 4187, 4th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
20 Dec 1915:	Embarked Private, 4187, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Sydney

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Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

The youngest son of James and Bertha Graham, of Quandong, Grenfell, New South Wales. Victor's three elder brothers, Wilfred, Arthur and Thomas, all served in infantry units of the AIF and returned to Australia during 1919.

Victor was killed in action during the taking of Pozieres village on 23 July 1916. He was buried where he fell. His remains were exhumed in 1930 and reinterred in the Serre Road No.2 Cemetery.

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