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Maxwell GRUNIKE

Regimental number10788
Date of birth18 April 1895
Place of birthPort Adelaide, South Australia
SchoolSt Peter's Collegiate School, Adelaide, South Australia
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationClerk
AddressHewitt Avenue, Rose Park, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Next of kinMother, Mrs Maud Alice Mary Grunike, Hewitt Avenue, Rose Park, South Australia
Previous military service79th Infantry
Enlistment date6 August 1915
Rank on enlistmentDriver
Unit nameDivisional Signal Company 3
AWM Embarkation Roll number22/13/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A11 Ascanius on 25 May 1916
Rank from Nominal RollSapper
Unit from Nominal Roll3rd Divisional Signal Company
FateReturned to Australia 10 May 1919
Medals

Military Medal


Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 219
Date: 20 December 1917

Discharge date10 August 1919
Other detailsWar service: France, Belgium. Gassed at Villers-Bretonneux, France; invalided to Point Remy Hospital; recovered; returned to unit, 30 June 1918.

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