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War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Embarked Alexandria to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Gallipoli, 5 April 1915.

Wounded in action, 8 May 1915 (gun shot wound, chest); admitted to St Andrew's Hospital, Malta, 18 May 1915; disembarked Alexandria from Malta, 1 August 1915; rejoined unit, Gallipoli, 14 August 1915.

Admitted to 1st Field Ambulance, 1 September 1915 (pyrexia, unknown origin); discharged and returned to duty, 3 September 1915.

Admitted to 1st Field Ambulance, 5 September 1915 (influenza); transferred same day to Mudros; to Malta, 10 September 1915, and admitted to St Andrew's Hospital; transferred to England, 17 September 1915, and admitted to Fulham Military Hospital, 24 September 1915.

Married Mabel Louisa HOLT, spinster, aged 21, Register Office, St Pancras, London, 6 November 1915.

Statutory Declaration, 27 May 1916, stated true name to be William Victor Murray GRAINGER.

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Rejoined 6th Bn, in the field, France, 18 March 1917.

On leave to United Kingdom, 27 December 1917; rejoined Bn, in the field, 13 January 1918.

Wounded in action, 24 August 1918 (gassed); admitted to 2nd Australian Field Ambulance, and transferred to 41st Casualty Clearing Station, 25 August 1918; to 41st Stationary Hospital, Amiens, 26 August 1918; discharged to unit, 7 September 1918; rejoined unit, in the field, 11 September 1918.

Commenced return to Australia from Suez on board HT 'Port Sydney', 8 October 1918; disembarked Melbourne, 2 December 1918; discharged, Melbourne, 1 January 1919.