GRIMSTONE, C H
| Service Number: | 365 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Queensland, Australia, 5 April 1877 |
| Home Town: | Proserpine, Whitsunday, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Commission Agent, Accountant, Storeman |
| Died: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 6 February 1939, aged 61 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 365 | |
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| 4 Apr 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 365, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 506 notes 6th QIB embarked at Pinkenba 4 Apr 1901 aboard Victoria arriving Cape Town 2 May 1901. | |
| 8 Jun 1901: | Promoted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Sergeant, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 6th QIB, Bk 2 p. 145, notes promoted to Sergeant 8 Jun 1901. | |
| 23 Jun 1902: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Sergeant, 365, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 508 notes 6th QIB embarked at Durban 17 May 1902 aboard Devon returning to Australia arriving Brisbane 17 Jun 1902, disbanded 23 Jun 1902. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
Full name was Charles Herbert Grimstone and he also served in WW1, Private (rising to Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant) S.N. 3849, 4th Pioneer Battalion, AIF.
When C. H. Grimstone (Charles Herbert Grimstone) enlisted in 1901 in the 6th QIB and his details were published with the rank and file in The Queenslander, 13 Apr 1901, he noted his N.O.K. as C. R. Grimstone Mackay. In the Boer War Service Paybooks for the 6th QIB, Bk 2 p. 145, it is noted he directed part of his pay to his brother Mr. C. R. (Cyril Reginald) Grimstone, orderly room Sergeant, B Coy. 4th QMI, Mackay.
He enlisted again (as Charles Herbert Grimstone) in 1916 for WW1 and on his Attestation Paper, dated 16 May 1916, it is noted that; he was born at Bowen and was 39 years 3 weeks of age, he was married and and working as an accountant and commission agent; his N.O.K. was his wife Mrs. Bridget Grimstone, Proserpine; and he had served previously with the 6th QIB in South Africa.
Charles Herbert Grimstone was born on 5 Apr 1877 at Bowen, Qld, a son to John Frederick Grimstone and Emma Eliza Grimstone (nee McDonald). He married Bridget Anne Cullen on 22 Aug 1906 in Queensland and they had 4 children. At some point after his WW1 service he made his way to Sydney, NSW, where newspaper reports have him working as a storeman with Sydney City Council in 1938. He passed away at Sydney on 6 Feb 1939 as noted in a letter from The Public Trust Office, NSW- see p. 12 of his WW1 service record, NAA.
(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 516; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 6th QIB, Bk 2 p. 145; National Archives Australia- WW1 service record).
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