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GRATTON, Joseph
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2872 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 10 May 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 4th Pioneer Battalion |
| Born: | Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Toowoomba, Toowoomba, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Plumber |
| Died: | Drowned -in the sinking of the RMS Leinster, Ireland, 10 October 1918, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Grangegorman Military Cemetery Grave Aust. CE. 1., Grangegorman Military Cemetery, Grangegorman, Dublin, Ireland |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Oakey War Memorial, Toowoomba Protestant Alliance Friendly Society of Australia (P.A.F.S.O.A.) (2), Toowoomba Roll of Honour WW1, Toowoomba War Memorial (Mothers' Memorial) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 10 May 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private | |
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| 21 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 2872, 4th Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Boonah embarkation_ship_number: A36 public_note: '' | |
| 21 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 2872, 4th Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Boonah, Brisbane | |
| 10 Oct 1918: | Involvement Private, 2872, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2872 awm_unit: 4th Australian Machine Gun Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-10-10 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was 28 and the son of John Richard and Elizabeth Gratton, of Carrington Rd., Glenvale, Toowoomba, Queensland.
He is one of six Australian born soldiers of the Great War who perished in the sinking by torpedo from U-Boat of the RMS Leinster. The bodies of 5 were recovered.
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