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Thomas William GRIMES

Regimental number3745
Date of birth14 July 1892
Place of birthBallarat, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationBricklayer
AddressBallarat, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Next of kinMother, Mrs M Grimes, 28 York Street, Ballarat, Victoria
Enlistment date16 September 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name14th Battalion, 12th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/31/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A40 Ceramic on 23 November 1915
Rank from Nominal RollDriver
Unit from Nominal Roll12th Field Artillery Brigade
FateReturned to Australia 13 March 1918
Discharge date25 July 1918
Other details

War service: embarked from Australia, 23 November 1915. Taken on strength, 12 Field Artillery Brigade, Tel el Kebir, 17 March 1916.

Embarked at Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 7 June 1916; disembarked at Marseilles, France, 16 June 1916. Taken on strength, 4th Divisional Ammunition Column, 26 June 1916; taken on strength, 12 Field Artillery Brigade, in the field, 6 September 1916.

Admitted to 49th Field Ambulance, 5 September 1917; transferred to 39th General Hospital, 11 September 1917; discharged to Base Depot, 5 October 1917; total venereal disease treatment: 31 days. Rejoined unit, 1 November 1917.

Wounded in action (mustard gas), 27 December 1917; admitted to 54th General Hospital, Boulogne, 30 December 1917; transferred to England, 11 January 1918; admitted to 3rd Western General Hospital, Newport, Wales, 11 January 1918; transferred to 1st Auxiliary Hospital, Harefield, 31 January 1918. Discharged from hospital to No. 2 Convalescent Depot, 11 February 1918.

Commenced return to Australia on board 'Dunvegan Castle', 13 March 1918. Re-embarked at Capetown on board 'Tofua', 21 May 1918. Disembarked Melbourne, 14 June 1918; discharged as medically unfit (neurasthenia and debility due to gas poisoning), 25 July 1917.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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