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GRIEBEL, Jacob Andrew
(Service number 8/919)

Aliases
First Rank Private Last Rank Private

Birth

Date 23/09/1896 Place of Birth Kaiapoi

Enlistment Information

Date Age
Address at Enlistment Russely, Upper Riccarton
Occupation Labourer (for H Palmer, Harewood Road [Christchurch)]
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status Single
Next of Kin R.C. Griebel (brother), Russely, Upper Riccarton, Christchurch
Religion Anglican
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with NZ Armed Forces Served in Canterbury
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation Main Body
Unit, Squadron, or Ship Otago Infantry Battalion
Date
Transport HMNZT 5 Ruapehu or HMNZT 9 Hawkes Bay
Embarked From Port Chalmers, Dunedin Destination Suez, Egypt
Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

Campaigns Egyptian 1914-1916, Balkands (Gallipoli) 1915. Egyptian Expeditionary Force 1916, Western European, 1916-1918
Service Medals 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date 13 December 1918 Reason Discharged on termination of period of engagement

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date 21 January 1952 Age 67
Place of Death
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery Timaru Cemetery
Memorial Reference General Section, Row 532, Plot 558
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Jacob Griebel had moved to Fairview, Timaru, following the war by the time his medals were issued in 1923.

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Researched and Written by

Tony Rippin, South Canterbury Museum

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