LANCASTER - LANCASHIRE
Private John GRIME 872
Born: Lancaster, Lancashire, England
Enlisted: 8-3-1915, Townsville, Queensland
25th Battalion Australian Infantry
Killed in Action: 29-7-1916, France aged 32years
Honoured: Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, France
Son of Robert and Elizabeth Grime, of 8, Rydal Rd., Lancaster, England.
Honoured Australian War Memorial Panel 104
Born: Lancaster, Lancashire, England
Enlisted: 8-3-1915, Townsville, Queensland
25th Battalion Australian Infantry
Killed in Action: 29-7-1916, France aged 32years
Honoured: Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, France
Son of Robert and Elizabeth Grime, of 8, Rydal Rd., Lancaster, England.
Honoured Australian War Memorial Panel 104
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Grime, 8, Rydal-road, Lancaster, are still without official news respecting their only son, Pte. John Grime, of the Australian Imperial Force, who was officially reported wounded in action on July 29th last, and subsequently reported missing. Inquiries have been made from many quarters, and through the British Red Cross Society his parents have been informed that a companion reports that "Private Jack Grimes was shot dead alongside of me on July 29th. I was an eye-witness of this casualty."
Private Grime, who was 32 years of age, served as a fitter at White Cross Mills, where his father had been employed for over 50 years. Emigrating to Australia about five years ago, he answered the call for recruits soon after the outbreak of war, and took part in the Dardanelles operations, being one of the last to leave Suvla Bay. It is computed that he had travelled in all 12,000 miles to serve his native land.
(Lancashire Daily Post, 9th January 1917)
Private Grime, who was 32 years of age, served as a fitter at White Cross Mills, where his father had been employed for over 50 years. Emigrating to Australia about five years ago, he answered the call for recruits soon after the outbreak of war, and took part in the Dardanelles operations, being one of the last to leave Suvla Bay. It is computed that he had travelled in all 12,000 miles to serve his native land.
(Lancashire Daily Post, 9th January 1917)