"May we prove worthy of his noble sacrifice"
After enlisting at Claremont on 17th July 1916, Charles Gray left Australia on the 30th September 1916 on the HMAT Palermo along with his older brother Victor Gray and joined the 12th Battalion's 22nd Reinforcements who arrived in the UK in November 1916. After an extended stint on the Salisbury Plain at Perham Down and then Larkhill camps, Charles Gray was delayed being sent to the Front as a result of dental decay. Charles Gray was sent to the Front in early April 1917. He saw active service with D Company of the 12th Battalion on the Western Front for only 13 days in April 1917 before being Killed in Action at the age of 21 in the early morning Battle of Lagnicourt on 15th April 1917. His body was found and buried on 20th April 1917 but the grave was lost in later fighting. He is honoured at the Australian National Memorial at Villers Bretonneux.
Courtesy of Danielle Gray
Courtesy of Danielle Gray
After enlisting at Claremont in July 1916, Victor Gray left Australia on the 30th September 1916 on the HMAT Palermo and joined the 12th Battalion's 22nd Reinforcements who arrived in the UK in November 1916. After a brief training stint at Perham Down camp, Tidworth on the Salisbury Plain, Victor Gray was sent to the Front on 16th December 1916. He joined the 12th Battalion in Bazentin-le-Grand, France on Christmas Day 1916.
Victor saw active service with D Company of the 12th Battalion on the Western Front until early April 1917 where he was wounded in the early morning assault on the village of Boursies on 8th April 1917. He died from his injuries 2 days later on 10th April 1917 at the 3rd Australian Casualty Clearing Station and was buried at the Bapaume Australian Cemetery. The epitah on his headstone is "Love and Remembrance Last Forever".
Courtesy of Danielle Gray
Victor saw active service with D Company of the 12th Battalion on the Western Front until early April 1917 where he was wounded in the early morning assault on the village of Boursies on 8th April 1917. He died from his injuries 2 days later on 10th April 1917 at the 3rd Australian Casualty Clearing Station and was buried at the Bapaume Australian Cemetery. The epitah on his headstone is "Love and Remembrance Last Forever".
Courtesy of Danielle Gray
GRAY, William Harold
GREENE, Stanley Hadan
GRIFFITHS, David Edgar
GRIFFITHS, Frank George
GRIFFITHS, Ralph ArnoldService no 3621
Private 40th Battalion Born 23 January 1898 at Deloraine, Tasmania Son of Benjamin GRIFFITHS & Ellen nee WALSH Killed in action at Hamel on 27 July 1918 Aged 20 years www.awm.gov.au P07836.001 |
GRIMES, John
News of whose death from wounds received in the Dardanelles fighting came to hand this week. The deceased was a brother of Mrs. M. Wheeler, of West Midland, and was well known throughout the bills districts. The deceased soldier fought in the Boer war, and received the South African medal with five bars. In South Africa he held the rank of Sergeant, but joined the first Expeditionary Force from Western Australia (nth Battalion) as a private, being promoted subsequently to Lance Corporal. He was 46 years of age, and single.
The Swan Express Friday 02 July 1915 page 4
The Swan Express Friday 02 July 1915 page 4