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GRAINGER, William
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2908 |
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| Enlisted: | 14 August 1916, Fremantle, WA |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 48th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Maybole, Scotland, 1878 |
| Home Town: | Fremantle, Fremantle, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Struck by Car, Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia, 28 July 1940 |
| Cemetery: |
Fremantle Cemetery, Western Australia |
| Memorials: | Fremantle Scots Church Honour Roll |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 14 Aug 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2908, 48th Infantry Battalion, Fremantle, WA |
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Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
FREMANTLE FATALITY.
Struck by a motor car at the intersection of Queen Victoria and James streets, Fremantle, about 12.30 a.m. yesterday, William Grainger (62), of Tuckfield-street, Fremantle, received fatal injuries. He was taken by the St. John ambulance to the Fremantle Hospital and was found to be dead on arrival there. The car was driven by John Penn Nankivell, of Broome- street, Cottesloe. Mr. Grainger was in business as a bag merchant in Packenham-street, Fremantle.