GRIEVE, Robert Cuthbert
| Service Number: | V350783 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 June 1915, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Captain |
| Last Unit: | Volunteer Defence Corps (SA) |
| Born: | Brighton, Victoria, 19 June 1889 |
| Home Town: | Brighton, Bayside, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Caulfield Grammar School & Wesley College |
| Occupation: | Warehouseman |
| Died: | Natural causes (cardiac failure), Melbourne, Victoria, 4 October 1957, aged 68 years |
| Cemetery: |
Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Presbyterian Section, Compartment C, Section 15, Grave 28 |
| Memorials: | Keith Payne VC Memorial Park, North Bondi War Memorial, Winchelsea WWI Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 16 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 22 Jan 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant | |
| 3 Jun 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 37th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: '' | |
| 3 Jun 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 37th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Persic, Melbourne | |
| 19 Apr 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Captain, 37th Infantry Battalion | |
| 7 Jun 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Captain, 37th Infantry Battalion, Battle of Messines, GSW (right shoulder) | |
| 7 Jun 1917: | Honoured Victoria Cross, Battle of Messines, for most conspicuous gallantry | |
| 7 Jun 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Captain, 37th Infantry Battalion, Battle of Messines | |
| 28 Jun 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Captain, 37th Infantry Battalion |
World War 2 Service
| 21 Mar 1942: | Enlisted V350783 | |
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| 21 Mar 1942: | Enlisted Captain, V350783, Volunteer Defence Corps (SA), Melbourne, Victoria | |
| 31 Oct 1945: | Discharged Captain, V350783, Volunteer Defence Corps (SA) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Ned Young
Australian Dictionary of Biography by Darryl McIntyre
Robert Cuthbert Grieve (1889-1957), soldier and businessman, was born on 19 June 1889 at Brighton, Melbourne, son of John Grieve, clerk and later warehouseman, and his wife Annie Deas, née Brown, both Victorian-born. Educated at Caulfield Grammar School and Wesley College, he became an interstate commercial traveller in the softgoods trade. On enlistment in the Australian Imperial Force on 16 June 1915, after nine months service in the Victorian Rangers, he was posted to the 37th Battalion. He was commissioned as a second lieutenant on 17 January 1916 and promoted lieutenant on 1 May; a month later the battalion embarked for training in England. When the 10th Light Trench Mortar Battery was organized there Grieve was seconded to it in January 1917 but on 19 April he rejoined the 37th Battalion in France, receiving his captaincy and the command of 'A' Company. The appointment was well received by his fellow soldiers who respected his quiet, understanding style of command.
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