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Grigg-H-J-Pte-3398

Page history last edited by Lenore Frost 4 years, 4 months ago

Volunteers of Essendon and Flemington, 1914-1918

 

Grigg H J     Pte    3398    Hugh James               38 Inf Bn    22    Bread carter    Single    Meth       

Address:    Moonee Ponds, Grandison St, 26   

Next of Kin:    Grigg, E, Mrs, mother, 26 Grandison St, Moonee Ponds   

Enlisted:    5 Oct 1917       

Embarked:     A38 Ulysses 22 Dec 1917 

Prior service:    58 Inf Regt

 

Relatives on Active Service:

Grigg-W-C-Pte-4508  brother

Williamson A W E-Pte-6271  brother-in-law KIA

 

[Mrs Grigg] of Grandison street, Moonee Ponds has received a parcel from her son Hugh [and] amongst the con[tents was a ] silver medal which the soldier won at the sports on Salisbury Plains on Anzac Day, being the quickest time in the .... race. The time of the race was 60 seconds. Pte. Grigg ran the race in 52 seconds. Pte. Grigg was a driver employed by Mrs. Hulls [before he enlisted]. 

OUR SOLDIERS. (1918, July 18). The Essendon Gazette and Keilor, Bulla and Broadmeadows Reporter (Moonee Ponds, Vic. : 1914 - 1918), p. 3 Edition: Morning. Retrieved August 7, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article74606645

 

War Service Commemorated

Essendon Town Hall F-L

Moonee Ponds Methodist Church

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