Walter Allen GRACE

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GRACE, Walter Allen

Service Number:	1537
Enlisted:	20 July 1915, Brisbane, Queensland
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	31st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Spondon, Derbyshire, England, March 1893
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Church of England School, England
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 20 July 1916
Cemetery:	Fromelles (Pheasant Wood) Military Cemetery Plot II. Row F. Grave 15. Inscription: HE ANSWERED HIS COUNTRY'S CALL
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

20 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1537, 31st Infantry Battalion, Brisbane, Queensland
5 Nov 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1537, 31st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Bakara, Melbourne
5 Nov 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1537, 31st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Bakara embarkation_ship_number: A41 public_note: ''
16 Jun 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1537, 31st Infantry Battalion, Embarked Alexandria for B.E.F per H.M.T. "Hororata"
23 Jun 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1537, 31st Infantry Battalion, Disembarked Marseilles, France
19 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1537, 31st Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix)
20 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1537, 31st Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), Killed In Action

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Biography contributed by VWM Australia

Private Grace's remains were positively identified in 2022 and have been re-interred at the Pheasant Wood Cemetery on 20 July 2023. He was previously listed at VC Corner Cemetery and Memorial, Fromelles, Lille, Nord Pas de Calais, France.

Older brother Charles Grace was also killed during the Great War while he served with the Royal Engineers. Sapper Charles Grace Died of Wounds in Belgium on the 7th of November 1917.

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