GRAINGER, John
| Service Number: | 1192 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 August 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia, 17 February 1894 |
| Home Town: | Kensington, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Warehouseman |
| Died: | Fairfield, Victoria, Australia, 2 May 1973, aged 79 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Frankston Memorial Park and Cemetery |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 17 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 1192, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade | |
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| 20 Oct 1914: | Involvement Gunner, 1192, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked Gunner, 1192, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Shropshire, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
John Grainger was one of three sons of John and Mary Grainger of Ascot Vale in Melbourne who served during WW1. He was the only one to survive the war, returning to Australia in late 1919, having enlisted during August 1914, serving for over five years.
His younger brother, 1068 Gunner James Henry Grainger 4th Battery, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade was killed in action near Lagnicourt on 10 April 1917, aged 21.
John’s older brother, Company Sergeant Major William Paterson Grainger 47th Battalion AIF was killed in action at Messines on 7 June 1917, aged 26.
John’s son also died 13 August 1943, shot down in the Bay of Biscay whilst piloting a Sunderland flying boat on the hunt for U-Boats during WW2.