GRENDON, George Patrick
| Service Number: | 1123 |
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| Enlisted: | 7 July 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 14th Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Hampstead Heath, England, 1877 |
| Home Town: | Sunbury, Hume, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Asylum warder |
| Died: | Bronchitis, Caulfield Military Hospital, Victoria, Australia, 14 November 1921 |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 1 Service
| 7 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1123, 29th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 10 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 1123, 29th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
| 10 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 1123, 29th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne | |
| 19 Nov 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 1123, 14th Field Artillery Brigade |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Ross Martin
George Patrick GRENDON was born in the UK in 1877 and was working at the Sunbury (Victoria) Asylum as a Warder when he joined the AIF in 1915.
His next of kin was his father, Joseph William Grendon who resided at 26 Derry Street, Cape Town, South Africa.
George left Australia as part of the 29th Battalion on 14/11/1915.
George had taken part in the Boer War.
He was transferred to the 14th FAB and attained the rank of Corporal.
He was injured while shoeing a horse on 10/9/1916 and returned to Australia on 4/5/1917. He was discharged medically unfit on 19/11/1917.
George returned to work at the Sunbury Asylum but in 1921 contracted acute bronchitis. He was admitted to the Caulfield Military Hospital and died there on 14/11/1921.