Stewart Giles GRIGG

GRIGG, Stewart Giles

Service Number: 76
Enlisted: 4 February 1915, Keswick, South Australia
Last Rank: Lance Corporal
Last Unit: 27th Infantry Battalion
Born: Gawler, South Australia, 22 December 1891
Home Town: Gawler, Gawler, South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Labourer
Died: Killed in Action, Lagnicourt, France, 26 March 1917, aged 25 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
His name is located at panel 110 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial, Canberra, ACT. Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials: Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hamley Bridge District WW1 Roll of Honor, Hamley Bridge War Memorial, Owen District Roll of Honor WW1, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)
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World War 1 Service

4 Feb 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Keswick, South Australia
31 May 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 76, 27th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1,

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31 May 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 76, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide
Date unknown: Involvement 27th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières

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Biography

Father Joseph Grigg  and  Mother Elizabeth Grigg (nee _____)
lived at Hamley Bridge, South Australia.

Described on enlisting as 23 years 1 month old; single; 5' 6" tall' 133 lbs; fair to dark
complexion; blue eyes; light brown hair; Protestant.

3/2/1915          completed medical - fit for service

4/2/1915          enlisted at Keswick, South Australia

4/2-15/3/1915  Base Depot, Oaklands

16/3/1915        Transferred to 27th Battalion

31/5/1915        embarked from Adelaide on board HMAT A2 Geelong
                        Lance Corporal with

4/9/1915         Embarked ex Alexandria to join Mediterranean Expeditionary Forces in
                       Gallipoli
                       disembarked ex Mudros

Stewart fought at Gallipoli for 6 days in January 1916

14/1/1916      To 7th Field Ambulance, Tel-El-Kebir - Influenza
                      Admitted to No. 2 Casualty Clearing Station

15/1/1916      Admitted to 2nd Australian General Hospital - Tonsilitis
                      Chezireh

24/1/1916      Admitted to 2nd Auxillary Convalescent Camp - Tonsilitis
                      Heliopolos
26/1/1916      Discharged to duty
                      Marched in from hospital to Overseas Base Depot, Cairo

10/2/1916      Marched out to Zeitoun

5/3/1916        Rejoined 27th Battalion in Ismailia

 

Once he had recovered, he rejoined his battalion in France. 

15/3/1916      embarked to join British Expeditionary Forces, ex Alexandria
21/3/1916      disembarked at Marseilles, France

2/11/1916      to hospital sick, France
                      admitted 7th Australian Field Ambulance

10/11/1916    admitted to 36 Casualty Clearing Station
                      admitted to Ambulance Train

11/11/1916    admitted to No.1 General Hospital, Etretat, France - Influenza
13/11/1916    to No.4 Convalescent Depot

17/11/1916    discharged to Base Depot, Havre, France
19/11/1916    marched in from Havre, to 2nd Australian Division Base Depot, Etaples
25/11/1916    marched out to unit, Etaples

27/11/1916    rejoined 27th Battalion, France

17/12/1916    granted English leave
5/1/1917        rejoined unit from leave

1/3/1917        appointed Lance Corporal

At this time, the German forces facing the Australians began retreating to the Hindenburg Line.

26/3/1917     Private Grigg was killed in action during the attempt to take Lagnicourt.
                     Unknown grave

He is commemorated at the Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, France.

Medals:
WWI 1914-15 Star (22408); British War Medal (13166); Victory Medal (13106)
Memorial Plaque and Memorial Scroll (313518).

Sourced and submitted by Julianne T Ryan.  9/11/2014.  Lest we forget.

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