Henry Arthur Grinsell
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| Personal Information | |
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| Date of Birth | Not known |
| Place of Birth | Warwick, Warwickshire, Enland |
| Age at Enlistment | 31 years, 11 months |
| Description |
5'6½" (1.69m) tall ; 135lbs 61.235 kg ; fresh complexion ; grey eyes ; black to grey hair ; tattoo right forearm |
| Occupation | Viticulturist |
| Religion | Church of England |
| Address | Mount Pleasant Vineyards, Gosnells, Western Australia |
| Next of Kin | wife , Mrs Ethel Maud Grinsell |
| Military Information | |
| Reg Number | 2808 |
| Date of Enlistment | 1 Nov 1916 |
| Rank | Private |
| Unit/Formation | March 1917 Reinforcements |
| Date of Embarkation | 22 May 1917 ‒ 20 Jun 1917 |
| Ship Embarked On | HMAT A42 Boorara |
| Date of Return | 4 Mar 1919 ‒ 1 Apr 1919 |
| Ship Returned On | HMAT A15 Star of England Ship known as SS Port Sydney at time of embarkation |
| Fate | Returned to Australia |
| Monument | Gosnells Road Board Honour Roll |
| Medals |
British War Medal Victory Medal |
Pre War
Previous experience for 12 years with the 7th Dragoon Guards.
War Service
Entered camp on 1 Nov 1916 and on 7 Mar 1917 he was allocated to the Light Horse reinforcements. However, on 15 Mar 1917 this changed to the Camel Corps reinforcements.
On disembarking in Egypt at Suez on 20 Jun 1917, Arthur was sent to the isolation camp at Moascar until 13 Jul 1917 when he transferred to the ANZAC Reserve Depot in Abbassia. On 23 Aug 1917 he was posted to the 4th Battalion, Camel Corps and taken on strength by the 18th Company on 26 Mar 1917.
On 22 Sep 1917 Henry reported to the Camel Corp Field Ambulance with Tachycardia in Sheik Nuran and on 24 Sep 1917 he was transferred to the ANZAC Rest Camp in Marakeb where he remained until he rejoined the Camel Corp on 21 Oct 1917. On 4 May 1918 he reported ill again, and on 9 May 1918 the 76th Casualty Clearing Station diagnosed Rheumatism and sent him to the 47th Stationary Hospital in Gaza. On 14 May 1918 he was transferred to the 14th Australian General Hospital at Kantara, and spent the next several months moving from one details camp to another until 1 Jul 1918 when the Camel Corps was abolished and he was transferred to the Light Horse Depot.
On 9 Sep 1918 he fronted a Medical Board which classed him B3, and so he was sent for stores work in the Moascar Base Depot. Another Medical Board on 4 Jan 1919 classified him 'D' as a result of chronic Rheumatism and Lumbago.
Discharged at the 5th Military District on 27 Jul 1919
Post War
In Sep 1924 Henry is living in Bexley, New South Wales, and in Feb 1940 in Belmore, New South Wales
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