Harold (Harry) GRABHAM

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GRABHAM, Harold

Service Number:	118
Enlisted:	27 July 1915
Last Rank:	Sapper
Last Unit:	Australian Electrical and Mechanical Mining and Boring Company
Born:	Sunny Corner, New South Wales, Australia, 11 October 1892
Home Town:	Dark Corner, Lithgow, New South Wales
Schooling:	Dark Corner Public School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Miner
Died:	Killed In Action, Belgium, 20 June 1916, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	Railway Dugouts Burial Ground (Transport Farm) Plot VI, Row C, Grave No. 43
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bathurst War Memorial Carillon, Capertee District Roll of Honor WW1, Portland District War Memorial

World War 1 Service

27 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 118, Mining Corps
20 Feb 1916:	Involvement Sapper, 118, Mining Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
20 Feb 1916:	Involvement Sapper, 118, Mining Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
20 Feb 1916:	Embarked Sapper, 118, Mining Corps, HMAT Ulysses, Sydney
20 Feb 1916:	Embarked Sapper, 118, Mining Corps, HMAT Ulysses, Sydney
20 Jun 1916:	Involvement Sapper, 118, Australian Electrical and Mechanical Mining and Boring Company, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 118 awm_unit: Australian Electrical and Mechanical Mining and Boring Company awm_rank: Sapper awm_died_date: 1916-06-20

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Biography contributed by Evan Evans

From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery

Sapper Harold Grabham, born 11.10.1892, Sunny Corner, New South Wales, single miner (Hoskins', Ltd), from Rydal, New South Wales, enlisted 27.7.1915, 1st Australian Mining Corps, Reg No-118, KIA by enemy artillery shell fire, 6 p.m., 20.6.1916, age 23, Australian Electrical and Mechanical Mining and Boring Company, resting at Railway Dugouts Burial Ground (Transport Farm), Zillebeke, Belgium. Plot VI Row C Grave 43.

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