Oscar Joseph GRIDLEY

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GRIDLEY, Oscar Joseph

Service Number:	3710
Enlisted:	27 December 1916, Brisbane, Queensland
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	4th Pioneer Battalion
Born:	Eumundi, Queensland, Australia, 18 June 1894
Home Town:	Albion, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Carpenter
Died:	Natural causes, Ipswich, Queensland, Australia, 28 December 1977, aged 83 years
Cemetery:	Redcliffe Cemetery, Qld Plot Location: 103/E/22, Lawn-Section 103/Row E/Plot 22; Buried next to his wife, Margaret Hepburn Gridley.
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World War 1 Service

27 Dec 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Brisbane, Queensland
24 Jan 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3710, 4th Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ayrshire embarkation_ship_number: A33 public_note: ''
24 Jan 1917:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3710, 4th Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Ayrshire, Sydney
1 Jul 1919:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3710, 4th Pioneer Battalion, per HT Frankfurt
29 Sep 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Oscar was the youngest of nine children of George Gridley (born 1849 in Suffolk, England) and Edith Hannah Burrell (born 1858 in Surrey, England). George - a Labourer - and Edith married in Brisbane, QLD in 1873.

Oscar was a Carpenter in Brisbane, QLD when he married Rosina (Ena) Louisa Johnson (born 1892 in Ipswich, QLD) in July 1916. In December 1916 Oscar enlisted in the AIF and served with 52nd Infantry Battalion and 4th Pioneers (Service No:370). Brother James (Service No:3095) served in WWI and brother Herbert Charles (Service No:Q268993) served in WWII. Brothers-in-Law Frederick Walter Johnson (Service No:1675), John Hinkley (Service No:5108), Alfred Ernest Johnson (Service No:5923) and Charles Albert Fry (Service No:5336) served in WWI.

Following his Discharge in January 1920, Oscar and Ena lived in Brisbane, QLD where Oscar worked as a Carpenter. Ena died in 1950 in Brisbane and Oscar remarried widow Margaret Hepburn Cairns (nee Grant, born 1895 in Scotland). Oscar and Margaret settled in Redcliffe, QLD, where Oscar worked as a Carpenter. He died in 1977 and Margaret died in 1981.

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