Henry Hubert GRACE

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GRACE, Henry Hubert

Service Numbers:	1447, 1334
Enlisted:	11 December 1914
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	4th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Chapletown, Sheffield, England, January 1889
Home Town:	Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Officer in Mercantile Marine
Died:	Presumed Drowned, At Sea - "Arandora Star", 2 July 1940
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Memorial as at Tower Hill, London
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World War 1 Service

11 Dec 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1447, 6th Infantry Battalion
2 Feb 1915:	Involvement Private, 1447, 6th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Clan McGillivray embarkation_ship_number: A46 public_note: ''
2 Feb 1915:	Embarked Private, 1447, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Clan McGillivray, Melbourne
25 Dec 1915:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1334, 4th Infantry Battalion, Granted a commision in Royal Navy

A man of the sea.

Hubert Henry Grace followed his great grandfather to John Silvester to sea in a career to saw him travel the world.
Records show that he was first in Australian waters during 1911 with many voyages between England and Australia over the next few years.
At the outbreak of WWI he enlisted in the AIF on December 11, 1914.
In gained his First Mate Certificate in 1915. His Certificate of Competency - Master steamships in 1919. The UK Navy Lists recorded his rank as Lieutenant in 1917.
In July of 1940 when first officer on the "Arandora Star" a single torpedo ended the lives of over 800 men off the neat west coast of Ireland. The "Arandora Star" was transporting prisoners to Canada when she was hit.

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