Regimental number | 3062 |
Place of birth | Upper Macedon, Victoria |
School | Upper Macedon State School, Victoria |
Religion | Presbyterian |
Occupation | Gardener |
Address | Macedon Upper, Victoria |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 29 |
Height | 5' 10" |
Weight | 161 lbs |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs M. Norton, Upper Macedon, Victoria |
Previous military service | Nil |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Melbourne, Victoria |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 8th Battalion, 10th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/25/4 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT RMS Osterley on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Sergeant |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 59th Battalion |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Age at death from cemetery records | 30 |
Place of burial | No known grave |
Commemoration details | V.C. Corner (Panel No 15), Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles, France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 167 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Henry and Mary GRUMONT, Upper Macedon, Victoria |
Family/military connections | Brothers: [944] 2nd Lt Arthur Laughlan GRUMONT, 49th Bn, returned to Australia, 12 December 1918; 5320 Sapper David Colin GRUMONT, 5th Divisional Signal Company, died of wounds, 16 June 1918; 5319 Sapper James Lindsay GRUMONT, 5th Divisional Signal Company, returned to Australia, 31 January 1918. |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Western Front Allotted to and proceeded to join 59th Bn, Tel el Kebir, 26 February 1916, and reverted to the ranks on joining the Bn. Admitted to 15th Field Ambulance, 12 March 1916 (parotitis), and transferred same day to 2nd Australian Stationary Hospital (mumps); discharged to unit, 24 March 1916. Promoted Corporal, Duntroon Plateau, 20 April 1916. Appointed Lance Sergeant, Ferry Post, 26 May 1916. Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 18 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 29 June 1916. Promoted Sergeant, 3 July 1916.Posted missing, 19 July 1916. Court of Enquiry, held in the field, 29 August 1917, pronounced fate as 'Killed in Action, 19 July 1916'. Handwritten note on Form B103: 'Presume Buried In No Man's Land approx 5J90 43 to 5K02.5.1 Sheet Hazebrouck 5A'. Statement, Red Cross File No 1230214, 3072 Pte J.M. GREGORY, 59th Bn (patient, 5th Southern General Hospital, Portsmouth, England), 5 December 1916: 'Informant states that on July 19th 1916 at Fromelles near Armentieres the day of the charge Grumont was shot down just as he was going over the parapet.' Second statement, 3237 Corporal S.H. BARR, 59th Bn (patient, 3rd Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Dartford, England), 5 December 1916: 'Witness states that he was close to the above in a charge wich (sic) took place in (sic) July 19th at Fleurbaix about 7 p.m. He saw him fall badly hit, and he believes killed, but cannot swear to this, when they had gone about 30 yards over the parapet.' Third statement, 2590 Sergeant W.J.V. JUDD, 5th Pioneer Bn (late 59th Bn), 12 June 1917: 'This man and I were together in D. Coy in the big attack on July 19th, 1916 at Fleurbaix. He was killed between the lines in No Man's Land on that date. He was seriously wounded in the head and chest. I saw him fall amongst the dead. We had to let him remain there, enemy fire was so fierce that we could not bring him back to our lines. The ground was not held.' Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | NAA: B2455, GRUMONT Charles Albert
Red Cross file 1230214 |