GRIGG, Donald Douglas
| Service Number: | 85A |
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| Enlisted: | 24 March 1915, Dyrsdale, Vic |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Field Ambulance |
| Born: | Drysdale, Victoria, Australia, 21 September 1883 |
| Home Town: | Berwick, Casey, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Geelong College, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Camden, New South Wales, Australia, 26 December 1950, aged 67 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Rookwood Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales |
| Memorials: | Drysdale Methodist Church Honor Roll, Drysdale St James' Anglican Church Roll of Honor, Drysdale State School No 1645 Honor Roll, Geelong College WW1 Roll of Honour, Werribee Shire Great War Roll of Honor, Werribee St Thomas' Presbyterian Church Honor Board (Lost), Wyndham Presbyterian Church Honor Board |
World War 1 Service
| 24 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 85A, 1st Australian General Hospital, Dyrsdale, Vic | |
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| 18 May 1915: | Involvement Private, 85A, 1st Australian General Hospital, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Mooltan embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 18 May 1915: | Embarked Private, 85A, 1st Australian General Hospital, RMS Mooltan, Melbourne | |
| 15 Nov 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 2nd Field Ambulance, France | |
| 19 Sep 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 85A, 2nd Field Ambulance, Third Ypres, Gassed (Belgium). Evacuated to England. Rejoined unit 4 January 1918. | |
| 11 Apr 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 85A, 2nd Field Ambulance, RTA 2 January 1919 for discharge. |
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GRIGG, Donald Douglas (1883-1950)
He was born 21 September 1883, the third of 10 children of Thomas Tobias Grigg and Katherine Douglas nee Williamson, of Drysdale. He was a member of the Drysdale Rifle Club when he enlisted (No 85A) in the AIF, 1st General Hospital Reinforcements, 2nd Field Ambulance, on 7 April 1915. He embarked from Melbourne on 18 June 1915 on RMS Mooltan. He served on Gallipoli and in France, where he was buried and suffered the effects of a gas attack in September 1917. He was evacuated to the County of Middlesex War Hospital on 23 September 1917. Grigg returned to Australia, on Berrima embarking on 2 January 1919.
He lost two cousins during the Great War, the sons of Robert Humphrey and Amelia Grigg, of Geelong. They were Private Arthur James Grigg, 58 Battalion, who died on 13 May 1917 at 3rd CCS of wounds sustained the day before, and is buried in Grevillers British Cemetery, France, Grave V.B.3 and Lieutenant Corporal Philip George Frederick Grigg, 23 Battalion, killed in action on 3 July 1916, and buried in Ration Farm Military Cemetery, La Chapelle d’Armentieres, Grave I.J.12.
He died at Camden, NSW in December 1950.
Source : The Geelong College - http://gnet.geelongcollege.vic.edu.au:8080/wiki/GRIGG-Donald-Douglas-1883-1950.ashx?HL=grigg