STERN, Greville
| Service Number: | QX26403 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 1 January 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/3rd Docks Operating Company |
| Born: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 25 January 1920 |
| Home Town: | Eumundi, Sunshine Coast, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, 16 July 2001, aged 81 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Toowoomba Garden of Remembrance | Cemetery & Crematorium |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 1 Jan 1942: | Involvement QX26403 | |
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| 1 Jan 1942: | Enlisted | |
| 1 Jan 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX26403 | |
| 13 Mar 1943: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, QX26403, 2nd/3rd Docks Operating Company, to New Guinea | |
| 14 Mar 1944: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX26403, 2/4 Docks Ops Coy RAE ex Lae to Townsville per Bonteko | |
| 4 Jul 1944: | Discharged |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Grev was the third of eight children of Gustav Julius August Stern (b1884 in Nundah, QLD) and Mabel Violet Smith (b1893 in Esk, QLD). Gustav (a Farmer in Caboolture, QLD) and Mabel married in 1917 and lived in Caboolture until the 1920s when they moved to Mt Mee in Woodford, Wide Bay QLD. Gustav and Mabel lived in Duaringa QLD where Gustav was a Farmer before moving to Eumundi, Nambour, QLD where Gustav worked as a Timber Cutter.
Grev was a Labourer in Eumundi QLD when he enlisted in the Australian Army in 1941. He served with 7 Pioneer Coy (Private; Service No:QX26403) and was in New Guinea with 6 and 2/4 Docks Op Coy RAE. Grev was attached to 2/4 Docks Op Coy RAE when he was Discharged in July 1944.
Returning to QLD, Grev was working at Verrierdale in Eumundi as a Timber Cutter in 1949 when he married Audrey Merle Wickerson (b1927 in Nambour, QLD) - Audrey was working as a Shop Assistant in Nambour. By 1958 Grev and Audrey had settled in Toowoomba QLD where Grev worked as a Timber Cutter. Audrey died in 1977 and Grev in 2011.
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