Arnold Clifford GRIVELL

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GRIVELL, Arnold Clifford

Service Number:	1344
Enlisted:	27 November 1914, Oaklands, South Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	10th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Walkerville, South Australia, 31 October 1897
Home Town:	North Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia
Schooling:	North Adelaide Public School
Occupation:	Barman
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 20 August 1916, aged 18 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Glandore State Wards & Orphans Honour Roll, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

World War 1 Service

27 Nov 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Oaklands, South Australia
2 Feb 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1344, 10th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Clan McGillivray embarkation_ship_number: A46 public_note: ''
2 Feb 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1344, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Clan McGillivray, Melbourne

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Biography

THE LATE PRIVATE A. C. GRIVELL.

Private Arnold Clifford Grivell, who was killed in France on August 20, was the youngest son of the late Mrs. Grivell, of Childers-street, North Adelaide. He was born at Walkerville, and educated at the North Adelaide Public School. He enlisted in November, 1914, and sailed for Egypt in February, 1915. A brother, Private V. O. Grivell, was wounded in France." - from the Adelaide Chronicle 11 Nov 1916 (nla.gov.au)

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