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GRONO, Walter Harold
Personal Details
Service Number: | 6807 |
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Enlisted: | 4 May 1917, East Sydney, NSW |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 35th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Newtown, NSW, 6 January 1896 |
Home Town: | Erskineville, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Newtown Public School |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Died: | Killed in Action, France, 22 August 1918, aged 22 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
4 May 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6807, 19th Infantry Battalion, East Sydney, NSW | |
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16 Jul 1917: | Involvement Private, 6807, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Melbourne embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: '' | |
16 Jul 1917: | Embarked Private, 6807, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Melbourne, Sydney | |
22 Aug 1918: | Involvement Private, 6807, 35th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 6807 awm_unit: 35th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-08-22 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Johnathon and Elsie GRONO, 19 Union Street, Newtown, NSW
Husband of Mrs. Violet May GRONO, 36 Sydney Street, Erskineville, New South Wales
Walter served in England at Salisbury Plains, and France and made the supreme sacrifice at Villers Bretonneux 22 August 1918