Clement John GRIBBLE

GRIBBLE, Clement John

Service Number: 938
Enlisted: 8 January 1915, Liverpool, New South Wales
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 30th Infantry Battalion
Born: Murrurundi, New South Wales, Australia, 7 February 1893
Home Town: Burwood, Burwood, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Reader of Holy Orders
Died: Killed in Action, Beaumetz, France, 22 March 1917, aged 24 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Coonamble Municipality and Wingadee Shire HR, Coonamble War Memorial, O`Connell ANZAC Memorial Avenue, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)
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World War 1 Service

8 Jan 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 938, Liverpool, New South Wales
21 May 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 938, 7th Light Horse Regiment, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Newcastle embarkation_ship: HMAT Kabinga embarkation_ship_number: A58 public_note: ''
21 May 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 938, 7th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Kabinga, Newcastle
2 Oct 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 938, 7th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli
15 Oct 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 30th Infantry Battalion
22 Mar 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 938, 30th Infantry Battalion, German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line and Outpost Villages, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 938 awm_unit: 30th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-03-22

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Biography

"...938 Private Clement John Gribble, 5th Reinforcements, 30th Battalion, of Coonamble, NSW. Pte Gribble enlisted on 8 January 1915 and embarked from Newcastle on 21 May 1915 aboard HMAT Kabinga. He was killed in action on 22 March 1917 at Beaumetz, France, aged 24 years. His brother, 979 Pte Norman Arthur Gribble, 4th Battalion, was killed in action on 19 May 1915 at Gallipoli Peninsula, Turkey..." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)

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