Volunteers of Essendon and Flemington, 1914-1918
Graham V Pte 3817 Victor 21 Inf Bn 18 Motor mechanic Single Pres
Address: Moonee Ponds, Athol S, 106
Next of Kin: Graham, Hugh, father, 106 Athol St, Moonee Ponds
Enlisted: 16 Jul 1915
Embarked: A69 Warilda 8 Feb 1916
Relatives on Active Service:
Graham H Pte 58 brother
Menere-G-J-M-Pte-5139 brother in law
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Australian Red Cross Wounded and Missing Enquiries Bureau Correspondence
21st Battn AIF GRAHAM, Victor 3817
Prisoner of War
Wounded
At Reserve Lazarett Bugkagerne, Munster
Cert. by letter dated ? from man. Recd by Headquarters
London, 30-9-16
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Transferred to Gef: Munster
Cert. by Germam List dated 7-10-16
London 25-10-16
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Transferred Heilsberg Lager East Prussia
Information from Post-card received from Man dated 25.8.17
Off M.M.
London 24.9.17
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My leg is now quite well and as I am in the fresh air all day I ought to keep in good health.
Interned at Heilsburg
Extract from Post-card from Man dated 12.8.17
London 2.10.17
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Have much pleasure in acknowledging receipt of parcels again - of course it was my own fault when I would not stay to receive them, being away three weeks. It is bad luck or perhaps ordinary luck. I am now back here again in spite of it all. I am as good in health generally though I have had a rough time.
Cert by Post Card received dated 23/6/18
London 5/9/18
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Repatriated Prisoner of War
Arrived England from Germany
(Met by Mr Linten Brown) 111.18
London
4.11.18
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illegible message relating to repatriation
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Adm Lord Derby War Hpl Warrington 12/11/18
Is suffering from Dementia Praecox. Has greatly improved since admission and has been recommended for repatriation
Cert by letter from OC Warrington 15/3/19
London
17/3/19.
http://static.awm.gov.au/images/collection/pdf/RCDIG1040125--1-.pdf
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Mentioned in this book:
PozieĢres : the Anzac story, by Scott Bennett, 2011
Diary in the State Library of Victoria MS 9640. Memoirs, poem and prose piece. Originally written about 1950, and typescript in 1974. Memoirs describe the voyage from Alexandria to Marseilles on the Oriana; life in camp at Etaples; a zeppelin raid on 25 Apr. 1916; digging cable trenches at Neuve Eglise; an illicit visit to Baileul, June 1916; assisting artillery men at Plecy St., Poziengle and Armentieres; desolation of Pozieres; battle of Sausage Gully and work as a stretcher bearer; address by General Sir William Birdwood; march to Albert and encounter with George V and Prince of Wales; encounter with German prisoners of war in the Chalk Pit; attack on Mouquet Farme and capture by Germans, 26 Aug. 1916. Also, a poem titled Mouquet Farme, and a prose piece titled Tribute to the Chalk Pit, written from the Pit's perspective and describing its role in the war.
War Service Commemorated
Essendon Town Hall F-L
Moonee Ponds West State School
Essendon Gazette Roll of Honour Prisoner of War
Regimental Register
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