GRIEVE, James
| Service Number: | 6771 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 3 July 1916, Enlisted at Perth, WA |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Canonbie, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, 1877 |
| Home Town: | Goomalling, Goomalling, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farm Hand |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Ypres, Belgium, 21 August 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave Panel 7 - 17 - 23 - 25 - 27 - 29 - 31., Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kings Park Western Australia State War Memorial, Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 3 Jul 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6771, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlisted at Perth, WA | |
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| 9 Nov 1916: | Involvement Private, 6771, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: '' | |
| 9 Nov 1916: | Embarked Private, 6771, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Argyllshire, Fremantle |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was 40.
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 Isaac Graham, aged 29, Service Number 2158, of the 5th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F., who died 14/02/1917.
Biography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Archibald and Jessie Eliot Grieve; husband of Agnes Grieve of Deakin Street, Guildford, WA. Residential address in 1922 was 3 Cooper Street, Midland Junction, WA
Father of Esther Ann Grieve, Archibald Grieve, Nellie Grieve and John Grieve
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
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