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Allen Francis GRAYSON

Regimental number2948
Place of birthWarwick, Queensland
SchoolState School, Warwick, Queensland
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationCarpenter
Address'Yerilla', Warwick, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Next of kinRobert Grayson, 'Yerilla', Warwick, Queensland
Previous military serviceServed in the Cadets.
Enlistment date3 September 1914
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll2 September 1914
Rank on enlistmentDriver
Unit nameDivisional Ammunition Column
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A22 Rangatira on 25 September 1914
Rank from Nominal RollBombardier
Unit from Nominal Roll2nd Field Artillery Brigade
FateKilled in Action 7 April 1917
Place of death or woundingLagnicourt, France
Age at death24
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialVaulx Hill Cemetery (Plot II, Row G, Grave No. 30), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
12
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Robert and Margaret GRAYSON, Canning Street, Warwick, Queensland
Family/military connectionsCousin: 2646 Gunner Frederick Octavius LOMAS, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade, killed in action, 12 January 1918.
Other details

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

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