GRIMSON, Charles
| Service Number: | 582 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 September 1914, An original member of A Squadron |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 1st Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Molong, New South Wales, Australia, 1876 |
| Home Town: | Hornsby, Hornsby Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | 1938, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Hornsby Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 8 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 582, 1st Light Horse Regiment, An original member of A Squadron | |
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| 20 Oct 1914: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 582, 1st Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of Victoria embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked Lance Corporal, 582, 1st Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Star of Victoria, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Charles Grimson was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal for extraordinary bravery at Gallipoli when he captured 11 Turks single handedly and regained about 50 metres of trench at Quinn’s Post in late May 1915. His feat was similar to that performed by Albert Jacka some 12 days earlier, for which Jacka was awarded the Victoria Cross.
Charles was badly wounded and not long after was invalided to Australia. Charles Grimson had first served as a Corporal with the 3rd NSW Mounted Rifles during the Boer War.
His brother, Frederick Daniel Grimson, died of illness in April 1917 while serving in France. One of Charles' sons, Frank Robinson Grimson, served with 2/28th Battalion during the Second World War and was killed at El Alamein in November 1942.
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