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William James GRILLS

Regimental number7313
Place of birthDevonshire, England
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressMead, Cohuna, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Next of kinMother, Mrs P Grills, Mead PO, Cohuna, Victoria
Enlistment date11 April 1917
Rank on enlistmentSapper
Unit nameTunnelling Companies, March 1917 Reinforcements
AWM Embarkation Roll number16/15/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Vic, on board HMAT A32 Themistocles on 4 August 1917
Rank from Nominal RollSapper
Unit from Nominal Roll13th Field Company Engineers
FateDied of disease 25 May 1919
Age at death from cemetery records26
Place of burialSutton Veny (St. John) Churchyard (Plot 80, Row K, Grave nO. 9), Wiltshire
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
23
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Commemorated in Cohuna Cemetery, Victoria. Photo: Peter Dennis. Parents: Walter and Phillipa GRILLS, Mead, Macorna, Victoria
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death25 May 1919

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