John William GRAFE

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GRAFE, John William

Service Number:	3182
Enlisted:	29 June 1915, Keswick, South Australia, Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	10th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Hindmarsh, South Australia, 5 February 1893
Home Town:	Hindmarsh, Charles Sturt, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Plumbers assistant, SAR
Died:	Died of Illness, Australia, 11 December 1917, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	Hindmarsh Cemetery, S.A. Hindmarsh Cemetery, South Australia, Hindmarsh Cemetery, Hindmarsh, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Memorials:	Adelaide South Australian Railways WW1 & WW2 Honour Boards, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hindmarsh WW1 Roll of Honour Heroes of the Great War

World War 1 Service

29 Jun 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Keswick, South Australia, Australia
2 Sep 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3182, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: ''
2 Sep 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3182, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Adelaide
Date unknown:	Involvement 10th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières

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Biography

Daily Herald (Adelaide, SA: 1910 - 1924) Saturday 25 May 1918

OUR HEROES

THE BROTHER'S GRAFE.

Private H. C. M. Grafe, No. 2918, was killed in action on April 25, 1917. He went away with the 17th reinforcements of the 50th Battalion, in November, 1916, and arrived in France in May, 1917, to pass his 22nd birthday in the trenches. He was reported wounded and also had an attack of trench fever.

Private J. W. Grafe, No. 3182, left Australia with the 8th reinforcements of the 10th Battalion in August, 1915. He went to Egypt, and was caught in a snow storm in Lemnos which brought on tuberculosis. He was invalided home in May, 1916, was discharged in November, 1916, but never recovered from the effect of the illness, and passed away in December, 1917. Both were employed in the South Australian Railways, Works and Buildings Department, and were much respected. These are the only sons of Mr. L. A. Grafe, who is employed in the South Australian Railways, and resides at 15 Young avenue, New Hindmarsh.

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article124547355 (nla.gov.au)

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