Walter Joseph Edward GRIDLEY

Regimental number1937
Place of birthEumundi New South Wales
ReligionMethodist
OccupationSawyer
AddressEumundi, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinMother, Mrs Betsy Ann Gridley, North Coast Line, Eumundi, Queensland
Enlistment date23 August 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name2nd Light Horse Regiment, 13th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number10/7/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A36 Boonah on 22 January 1916
Rank from Nominal RollGunner
Unit from Nominal Roll6th Field Artillery Brigade
FateDied of wounds 28 July 1918
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialSt Pierre Cemetery (Plot XIV, Row B, Grave No. 3), Amiens, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
14
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Walter and Betsy GRIDLEY, Eumundi, Queensland
Family/military connectionsBrother: 4069 Pte Robert George GRIDLEY, 4th Pioneer Bn, returned to Australia, 18 July 1919.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal