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Clarence Victor John GRINTER

Regimental number3112
Place of birthGeelong Victoria
ReligionMethodist
OccupationTanner
AddressEast Geelong, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Next of kinFather, Jno Grinter, Moolap, Victoria
Enlistment date19 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name21st Battalion, 7th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/38/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A18 Wiltshire on 18 November 1915
Rank from Nominal RollLance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll59th Battalion
Recommendations (Medals and Awards)

Serbian Silver Medal


Recommendation date: 27 September 1916

Mention in Despatches


Awarded, and promulgated, 'London Gazette', second Supplement, No. 29890 (2 January 1917); 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 103 (29 June 1917).
Recommendation date: 12 October 1916

FateReturned to Australia 13 April 1919
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Plaque in Victorian Garden of Remembrance
Medals

Military Medal

'For gallantry and devotion to duty throughout the operations 30th August - 5th September 1918. On ......... September volunteers were called to lay a telephone line, under direct observation by and within close range of the enemy. This N.C.O. volunteered and laid a line a distance of 1000 yards under heavy fire. Subsequently he kept this line under repair during heavy barrages and when all spare wire had been used he went out under heavy fire and salved a considerable quantity of telephone wire. His gallantry and unremitting toil during this period enabled most important communications to be maintained.'
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 115
Date: 10 October 1919

Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: Military Medal, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death7 May 1951

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