GRACE, William Garnet
| Service Number: | 3087 |
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| Enlisted: | 21 August 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 30th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | West Maitland, New South Wales, Australia, 1 January 1891 |
| Home Town: | West Maitland, Maitland, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Waratah, New South Wales, Australia, 9 March 1925, aged 34 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW ANGLICAN 2-112. 13. |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 21 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3087, 30th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 9 Apr 1916: | Involvement Private, 3087, 30th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: '' | |
| 9 Apr 1916: | Embarked Private, 3087, 30th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Sydney | |
| 20 May 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3087, 30th Infantry Battalion, SW to left leg | |
| 27 Aug 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3087, 30th Infantry Battalion, "The Last Hundred Days", SW left arm, severe | |
| 20 Apr 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3087, 30th Infantry Battalion, 2nd MD |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery.
Served and suffered during The Great War, now resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
97 years ago today, on the Tuesday afternoon of the 10th March 1925, Private William Garnet Grace, 30th Battalion (Reg No-3087), miner from 2 South Park Road, West Maitland, New South Wales and Bridge Street, Waratah, N.S.W., was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 34. ANGLICAN 2-112. 13.
Born at West Maitland, New South Wales on the 1st January 1891 to William Snr (34th Battalion & Tunnelling Companies, Reg No-5742) and Frances Grace of Edward Street, Singleton, New South Wales and Louth Park Road, West Maitland, N.S.W.; husband of Holly Grace nee Wolfe (married 1923, Merewether, N.S.W., died?), William enlisted August 1915 at West Maitland, N.S.W.
Admitted to hospital 13.4.1918 (bayonet wound to leg, accidental), 10.11.1918 (bronchitis, mild attack).
Wounded in action - 20.5.1918 (GSW right leg), 27.8.1918 (GSW left forearm, severe).
William was invalided home March 1919, being discharged on the 20th April 1919.
Mr. Grace’s name has been inscribed on the Maitland & District WW1 Municipal Roll of Honor and the South Maitland St. Paul’s Anglican Church Lichgate Roll of Honour (photo, unveiled on the 1st August 1920, 118 names inscribed, 31 Fallen). Name not inscribed on the South Maitland Church of England Parish & District Roll of Honour.
There is no indication inscribed on William’s headstone plaque of his service during The Great War, so I have placed poppies in remembrance of his sacrifice for God, King & Country.
I will be asking DVA for a Commonwealth War Graves Plaque to be placed at the gravesite.
Older brother Cecil Gordon (3842, Leading Stoker, Royal Australian Navy, H.M.A.S. Sydney, born 1889, died 1965, Maitland, N.S.W.) also served during the Great War.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
Lest We Forget.
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