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Lieutenant George Marthorpe Grimson

Commemorated at
Memorial Name
St Mary's Anglican Church Great War Memorial Prayer Table and Chair West Armidale
Given name
George Manthorpe
Family name
Grimson
Gender
Male
Conflicts
First World War, 1914–18
Campaign
Somme 1916 - 1917
Fate
Died of wounds (DOW)
Fate date
07 June 1917
Additional information
Last held rank
Lieutenant
Unit at embarkation
36th Battalion
Service
Australian Army - First Australian Imperial Force (1st AIF)
Veteran Notes/Bio

George Marthorpe Grimson of Armidale, enlisted as a Lieutenant in the 36th Battalion, B Company on 22 July 1915. Aged 22 years and married, he was a senior mechanic at the PMG Depot in Armidale. As a Lieutenant in the battalion, he died of wounds on 7 June 1917 and was buried in the Trois-Arbres Cemetery in Steenwerck, France.

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