GRAHAM, Isaac
| Service Number: | 2158 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Langholme, Scotland, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Kensington, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 14 February 1917, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension Grave V. B. 17. INSCRIPTION -TILL THE DAY BREAK AND THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 25 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 2158, 5th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
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| 25 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 2158, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was 29 and the son of William and Ellen Graham, of Forge, Canonbie, Dumfriesshire.
He is one of two Australian soldiers honoured on the Canonbie war memorial in Dumfriesshire, Scotland. The inscription reads:
“To the glory of God
and in proud and grateful remembrance of
all those who gave their lives for
their king and country
and for the freedom of the nation
in the Great War 1914 - 1919
especially those of this parish.
Whose names are…………..”
The other one is Private James Grieve [aged 40 who was born at Canonbie], Service Number 6771 of the 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.He died 21/08/1917.
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