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GRILLS, Frank Alfred
(Service number 3/1512)

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Birth

Date 13 Sept 1888 Place of Birth Westbury, Tasmania

Enlistment Information

Date Age
Address at Enlistment C/- TJ Johnston, Albury
Occupation Labourer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin Mrs A Grills, (mother) Westbury, Tasmania, Australia
Religion Agnostic/COE

Military Service

Served with NZ Armed Forces Served in

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation NZ Expeditionary Force
Unit, Squadron, or Ship 9th Reinforcements, NZ Medical Corps, Field Ambulance
Date 8 January 1916
Transport HMNZT 37, Maunganui
Embarked From Wellington Destination Suez
Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With NZ Medical Corps

Military Awards

Campaigns
Service Medals

Death

Date 25 August 1918 Age 30
Place of Death Bapaume,France
Cause KIA
Memorial or Cemetery Achiet-le-Grand Communal Cemetery Extension
Memorial Reference IV.V.9
New Zealand Memorials On Memorial wall, Timaru ; Albury War Memorial (as F Grills); Fairlie War Memorial

Biographical Notes

Son of William and Anne Grills, Westbury, Tasmania

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