GRIESE, Charles Henry
| Service Number: | 4849 |
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| Enlisted: | 25 May 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 59th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 12 October 1889 |
| Home Town: | Perth, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Cottesloe Primary School (Perth) Western Australia, Australia |
| Occupation: | Teacher |
| Died: | Leg Ulcer that turned Gangrenous, Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia, 28 March 1964, aged 74 years |
| Cemetery: |
Fremantle Cemetery, Western Australia Cremated |
| Memorials: | Cottesloe State School WW1 Honour Board, Crawley University of Western Australia Honour Roll, Wedgecarrup School Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 25 May 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4849, 1st Australian General Hospital | |
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| 25 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 4849, 1st Australian General Hospital, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 4849, 1st Australian General Hospital, HMAT Wandilla, Fremantle | |
| 6 May 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 15th Field Ambulance | |
| 1 Jun 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, 59th Infantry Battalion, Appointed Lieutenant after being picked to attend officer training course at Cambridge University. | |
| 21 Oct 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 4849, 59th Infantry Battalion, Returned to Australia after studying French Language at the Sorbonne University in France after WW1. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Matthew Grice
His family (Mum and Dad) moved to WA during the 1890’s probably during the gold rush.
He trained at Claremont Teachers College and the University of Western Australia for his Bachelor of Arts Degree. His early Teaching appointments included: Hopetown; Karnup (Peel Estate Group Settlements); Mingenew; Brookton (1930-1935), Norseman (1936-1938), Bellevue (1939-1946); and Como (1946-1953)-His only position as a non-teaching principal. Retired in 1954. During WWII he was an active member of the Bellvue branch of the Air Raid Precaution Group (A.R.P.).
During World War 1 on the 24 May 1915 he enlisted in the 15th Field Ambulance and sailed to Egypt for training. A year later he went to France and was attached to the 58th battalion. In late 1917 he decided to leave the the Ambulance Corps and join the regular soldiers. He was selected for an officer’s course held at Cambridge (England) where became a lieutenant and joined the 59th Battalion. The battalion saw service in Northen France with battles at the Somme, Amiers, Villiers-Brettoneaux and the Hindenburg line.
After the war ended he studied french language at Sorbonne University in Paris. In December 1919 he sailed via India to Perth. As a consequence of his army service he changed the spelling of his surname from the Germanic “Griese” to the anglicised “Grice”. He also taught First Aid to his pupils at Bellvue.
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