Roy Septimus Stow GRENFELL

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GRENFELL, Roy Septimus Stow

Service Number:	2920
Enlisted:	25 April 1916, Adelaide, South Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	50th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Balaklava, South Australia, 20 March 1895
Home Town:	Watervale, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farm hand
Died:	Repatriation General Hospital, Daw Park, South Australia , 26 March 1970, aged 75 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	Watervale Public School Roll of Honour WW1

World War 1 Service

25 Apr 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Adelaide, South Australia
6 Nov 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2920, 50th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: ''
6 Nov 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2920, 50th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Adelaide
7 Sep 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1

The ship SWAKOPMUND, that returned Private Grenfell safely home to Australia

PROFESSOR WOERMANN / FLORIDA / SWAKOPMUND / ARAFURA / ARAFURA MARU The PROFESSOR WOERMANN was built by Bremer Vulkan, Vegesack in 1903. She was a 5,638 gross ton ship, length 403.2ft x beam 49.2ft, one funnel, two masts, single screw and a speed of 11 knots. Launched on 28th Nov.1903 as the FLORIDA for Argo Line of Bremen, she was sold to Woermann Line on 15th Oct.1904 and renamed PROFESSOR WOERMANN. Used on the West Africa service, she was chartered to North German Lloyd in 1907 and made two voyages to the US, one from Bremen to Baltimore with 379-3rd class passengers (arr.1st Apr.1907) and one from Bremen to Galveston with 1,006-3rd class passeengers. Purchased by Hamburg America Line on 17th May 1908, renamed SWAKOPMUND and used on the West and South Africa routes, except for one Hamburg - New York voyage (arr.6th Jun.1907). On 6th Apr.1919 she was ceded to Great Britain as war reparations. Managed by the New Zealand Shipping Co, and then passed to the Eastern and Australian SS Co, she was renamed ARAFURA in 1920. She was the company's largest vessel and stayed with them until 1929 when she was sold to Osaka Syosen, Kaisha, renamed ARAFURA MARU and scrapped the following year. [North Atlantic Seaway by N.R.P.Bonsor, vol.5,p.1813-4] [Merchant Fleets by Duncan Haws, vol.4, Hamburg America, Adler and Carr Lines].
Lest we forget.

Biography

Grandfather: Richard GRENFELL (wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com) b: 1809
Grandmother: Ann Warren NICHOLLS (wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com) b: 1815 in St Just, Cornwall, England

Father: Cyprian Nicholls Grenfell
(b. 4/8/1947 St Just, Cornwall, England - d. 22/11/1916 Penwortham, SA)
Mother: Elizabeth Grenfell (nee Cameron)
(b. 23/12/1855 Adelaide - d. 5/7/1920 Penwortham, SA)

Married: 1/8/1872 in Watervale SA

Children:

Ellenor Rosamond GRENFELL (wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com) b: 08 May 1873 in Watervale SA
Lillian Maud GRENFELL (wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com) b: 09 Jun 1875 in Watervale SA
Leila Ada GRENFELL (wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com) b: 11 Dec 1876 in Watervale SA
Elizabeth Alberta Jane GRENFELL (wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com) b: 30 Jul 1879 in SA
Nicholas George GRENFELL (wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com) b: 26 Feb 1882 in Watervale SA
Cyprian Nicholls Richard GRENFELL (wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com) b: 19 Jun 1884 in Watervale SA
Lilly Ethel Mary GRENFELL (wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com) b: 15 Sep 1886 in Mount Templeton, South Australia
Cyprian Albert Bruce GRENFELL (wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com) b: 12 May 1889 in Watervale SA
Annie Isabel Cora Kathleen GRENFELL (wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com) b: 21 Jul 1891 in Watervale SA
Roy Septimus Stow GRENFELL (wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com) b: 23 Mar 1895 in Balaklava, South Australia
Gladys Pearl GRENFELL (wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com) b: 18 Apr 1897 in Balaklava, South Australia

Described on enlisting as 21 years 1 month old; single; 5' 7 1/4" tall; 127 lbs;
medium complexion; blue eyes; brown hair; Methodist.

25/4/1916 Enlisted in Adelaide
completed medical - fit for service

2/5/1916 Commanding Officer appointed Roy to C Company
2nd Depot, Adelaide

6/11/1916        Embarked from Adelaide on board HMAT A19 Afric
                        as a Private in the 50th Infantry Battalion, 7th reinforcements
9/1/1917          disembarked into Plymouth, England

10/1/1917 admitted sick to Military Hospital, Devonport

29/1/1917 marched in to 13th Training Battalion, Codford

9/2/1917          sick to camp hospital from 13th Training Battalion, Codford
10/2/1917        admitted sick to Military Hospital, Sutton Veny
9/6/1917          discharged to depot, Weymouth, England
                        marched in from Hareford Hospital, England

25/9/1917 proceeded overseas to France, ex Perham Downs

6/10/1917 taken on strength into 50th Battalion, France

25/10/1917 sick to hospital, France - Bronchitis

1/11/1917 admitted 1st Western General Hospital, Liverpool, England
Bronchitis

3/1/1918 transferred to 1st Auxillary Hospital, Harefield

22/9/1918        proceeded overseas to France, via ex 12th Training Battalion, Hurdcott
                        via Folkestone
24/9/1918        marched in Australian Infantry Base Depot, Havre, France
27/9/1918        rejoined battalion

13/4/1919        evacuated unit for Australia, Havre, France
22/4/1919        marched out to England
23/4/1919        disembarked in Southampton, England

15/6/1919 Returned to Australia on board Swakopmund
30/7/1919 disembarked into Australia

7/9/1919 discharged from service

Medals:
British War Medal (17938) and Victory Medal (17750).

His last known address was in Rostrevor.

26/3/1970        Roy passed away
passed at:       Repatriation General Hospital, Daw Park, South Australia

Cremated on 28/3/1970 at    Centennial Park Cemetery, Pasadena, South Australia

(South Australian Births records 1842 - 1906 Book: 561 Page: 255 District: Gil.)

Sourced and submitted by Julianne T Ryan. 13/12/2014. Lest we forget.

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