GRONBECK, Andrew Jardine
| Service Numbers: | VX19190, VX19190 , VX19190 |
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| Enlisted: | 29 May 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Collingwood, Melbourne, Victoria, 1 August 1919 |
| Home Town: | Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Collingwood State School, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 18 April 1957, aged 37 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 29 May 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX19190 | |
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| 18 Oct 1940: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX19190, embarked Sydney for Kantara | |
| 27 Mar 1942: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX19190, embarked Middle East for Adelaide | |
| 10 Aug 1942: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX19190, embarked Brisbane for Gilli Gilli on board Van der Lyn | |
| 24 Oct 1943: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX19190 , embarked Milne Bay for Cairns on board President Johnson | |
| 29 May 1945: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX19190, embarked Cairns for Morotai on board Jefferson Davies | |
| 29 Oct 1945: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX19190, embarked Balikapan for Morotai en route for Brisbane on board Kanimbla | |
| 8 Nov 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX19190 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Private Andrew Jardine Gronbeck (Service No:VX19190) enlisted in the AIF on 29 May 1940 and embarked from Sydney for Kantara on 18 October 1940. Private Gronbeck served in the Middle East with 7 Divisional Supply Column and embarked for Adelaide on 27 March 1942. On 10 August 1942, Private Gronbeck embarked with 2/6 Australian Coy AASC from Brisbane for Gilli Gilli, and embarked on 24 October 1943 from Milne Bay for Cairns on board President Johnson. Private Gronbeck then served in Borneo with 2/6 Australian Coy AASC, embarking from Cairns for Morotai (29 May 1945) on board Jefferson Davies, and from Morotai for Balikapan (30 July 1945) on board LST 1016. Private Gronbeck began the RTA from Balikapan on 29 October 1945, via Morotai en route for Brisbane on board the Kanimbla. Private (Driver) Gronbeck was attached to 7 Australian Division Supply Column at Discharge on 8 November 1945.
Andy was born in Melbourne, Victoria in 1919, youngest of five children of William Alexander Gronbeck (b1881 in Glasgow, Scotland) and Marion Johnstone (b1882 in Glasgow, Scotland). William was a Yarn Warper when he and Marion married in 1904 in Glasgow, where they lived until immigrating to Melbourne, Victoria in 1912. William and Marion settled in Melbourne where William was a Winding Master in the Collingwood Mills before serving in WWI (Private; Service No:4539). Following his Discharge, William and Marion settled in Melbourne where they raised their family and William worked as a Mechanic's Apprentice and then Mechanic.
Andy worked as Labourer before enlisting in WWII, and following his Discharge, returned to Melbourne where he was a Timber Worker in 1953 when he married Eileen Patricia Schleiger (b1927 in Melbourne, Victoria) - Eileen was a Textile Worker in Melbourne. Andy and Eileen settled in Brighton, where Andy was a Labourer until his death in 1957. Eileen remarried and died in 2013.
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