GRATTIDGE, Stanley
| Service Number: | 3061 |
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| Enlisted: | 12 July 1915, Melbourne |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 8th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Carlton, Victoria, Australia, 1898 |
| Home Town: | Thornbury, Darebin, Victoria |
| Schooling: | State School, Brunswick, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Bootmaker |
| Died: | Illness, Preston, Victoria, Australia, 1973 |
| Cemetery: |
Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 12 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3061, 8th Infantry Battalion, Melbourne | |
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| 12 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 18th Infantry Battalion | |
| 29 Sep 1915: | Embarked Private, 3061, 8th Infantry Battalion, RMS Osterley, Adelaide | |
| 29 Sep 1915: | Involvement Private, 3061, 8th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: RMS Osterley embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 17 Aug 1918: | Honoured Military Medal | |
| 28 Feb 1919: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 8th Infantry Battalion | |
| 9 Jun 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 3061, 8th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Stanley GRATTIDGE was born in Carlton Victoria in 1898
His parents were Richard GRATTIDGE & Mary BROADBENT
He married Amy GLEDHILL in Victoria in 1923
He enlisted in Melbourne on 12th July, 1915 & embarked with the 8th Infantry Battalion, 10th reinforcements from Adelaide on the HMAT Osterley on 29th September, 1915
He returned to Australia on 28th February, 1919 and was discharged on 9th June 1919
Stanley died in Preston, Victoria in 1973 and was cremated at Fawkner Memorial Park - ashes scattered
He was awarded the Military Medal on 17th August, 1918 (see AIF Project link for further details)
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Two of his brothers also served during WW1
1. Leslie GRATTIDGE (SN 4427) - Killed in Action on 6th January, 1917
2. Edward George GRATTIDGE (SN 2151) - returned to Australia in 1918 and also served during WW2 (SN V16482) & (SN V91235)
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