GROSE, Joseph Donald
| Service Number: | 68 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 August 1914, An original of A Company |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 8th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Gordon, Victoria, Australia, 15 March 1891 |
| Home Town: | Ballarat, Central Highlands, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Humffray Street State School, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Engineer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 1 May 1915, aged 24 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli , Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Tree Plaque: |
Ballarat Avenue of Honour
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| Memorials: | Alfredton Humffray Street State School Roll of Honor, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Avenue of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
World War 1 Service
| 17 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 68, 8th Infantry Battalion, An original of A Company | |
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| 19 Oct 1914: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 68, 8th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Oct 1914: | Embarked Lance Corporal, 68, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Melbourne | |
| 1 May 1915: | Involvement Corporal, 68, 8th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 68 awm_unit: 8 Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1915-05-01 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
The son of Mary Ann Grose, of 43 Peel St., North Ballarat, Victoria.
The following extract is from a letter written by Private Cyril Bryant of the 8th Battalion, a Peel Street neighbour of the Grose family, "We have been in two big engagements, and I am thankful to say I have come through safely so far, but we have lost some of our Ballarat boys. Corp. Joe Grose was killed in the trenches beside me. Poor lad, he never spoke.”
Corporal Joseph Donald Grose was 24 years of age when he was killed, his father having died while he was on his way to Egypt. He was born at Gordon, and was employed as a fitter at Munro's agricultural machinery works in Ballarat.
His younger brother, 1949 Private Percy Claude Grose 46th Battalion AIF, was killed at Pozieres 12 August 1916, age 19.
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