Irwin Goodwin GRINLINTON DCM

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GRINLINTON, Irwin Goodwin

Service Number:	627
Enlisted:	22 August 1914, Randwick, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	2nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Napier, New Zealand, 1885
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Napier Main School, New Zealand
Occupation:	Storeman
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 6 November 1917
Cemetery:	Tyne Cot Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium Plot XXXVI Row D, Grave 16,
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

22 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 627, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Randwick, New South Wales
18 Oct 1914:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 627, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: ''
18 Oct 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 627, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Sydney
24 Mar 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2nd Infantry Battalion
7 Aug 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 2nd Infantry Battalion
26 Oct 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant
9 Apr 1917:	Honoured Distinguished Conduct Medal, At HERMIES for Gallantry in Action
6 Nov 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 627, 2nd Infantry Battalion, 2nd Passchendaele , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 627 awm_unit: 2 Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1917-11-06

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Irwin Goodwin GRINLINTON was born in 1885 in Napier, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand

His parents were William Nassau GRINLINTON and Matilda Jemima IRWIN (nee ARMSTRONG) who married in 1884 in NZ

He had two and a half years previous service with the Senior Cadets in Napier, NZ before he enlisted in Randwick, Sydney NSW on 22nd August, 1914 with the Australian Army and embarked with the 2nd Australian Infantry Battalion on 18th October 1914 on the ship HMAT Suffolk

Irwin was Killed in Action by an exploding shell on 6th November, 1917 in Belgium and first buried near where he fell & later re-interred in the Tyne Cot Cemetery in Belgium - his name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial

He received a Distinguished Conduct Medal (DCM) for conspicuous gallantry & devotion to duty. He led his platoon with great dash, dislodged the enemy from a strong point and captured a machine gun. He was also awarded the 1914-15 Star, British War medal & the Victory Medal.

Irwins brother Vesey Gore GRINLINTON also served in WW1 as a Trooper in the NZ Army (Service No. 36267) with the 20th Reinforcements Mounted Rifles Brigade, Mounted Wireless section, 6th Troop AWMM - New Zealand Expeditionary Force. He survived the war and died on 6th July, 1950 in NZ and is buried in Pukekohe Public Cemetery

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