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Oscar GRIMES

Regimental number3126
Place of birthBrownhill Creek South Australia
ReligionBaptist
OccupationLabourer
AddressKatherine Street, Fullarton Estate, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation37
Next of kinMother, Mrs Martha Grimes, Katherine Street, Fullarton Estate, South Australia
Enlistment date3 August 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name27th Battalion, 7th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/44/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A7 Medic on 12 January 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll27th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 5 November 1916
Age at death from cemetery records38
Place of burialWarlencourt British Cemetery (Plot II, Row C, Grave No. 35), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
110
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Rupert and Martha GRIMES. Native of Brownhill Creek, Adelaide, South Australia
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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