Gordon Morey Grieve
(Confirmed)
Born: 15 October, 1897
Died: 11 May, 1962
Biographical Summary:
Born: 15 October 1897 Glebe Point
Died: 11 May 1962 Concord Repatriation Hospital
Married: 1929 at West Maitland to Lucy May Williams (? – 25/10/ 1976 late of Gordon)
Children: 2 daughters
Parents:
Frederick William Grieve (1871 Berry, NSW – Alice Maude Morey (? – 16/8/1933 Parramatta). They married 1896 Wollongong.
Siblings:
1. Frederick Thomas William Grieve changed his name by deed poll to John James Morey Grieve (5/8/1896 Wollongong – 1971 Newtown) married . He too served in WW1 as No. 25545.
2. Ronald Appleton Grieve (1904 Glebe – ?) married 1937 at Gosford to Malvy Catherine Reed (c. 1909 – 4/1/2009 late of Bateau Bay, formerly of Kempsey and Gosford).
Gordon Morey Grieve No 29280 joined on 6/3/1916 when he was 18 years and 4 months, orders clerk, next of kin father Frederick William Grieve 13 Myahgah Rd Mosman (elsewhere he states his father was absent from State). His brother Fred/Jack No 25545 gave his next of kin as their mother Alice Maude Grieve of "Urana" 13 Myahgah Rd Mosman.
Gordon Grieve's previous service – 2 years senior cadets. 5' 4 1/2", 112 lbs, chest 30" -32", fair complexion, blue eys, fair hair, Presbyterian.
2/10/1916 embarked "Aeneas"
2/11/1916 disembarked Plymouth
28/7/1917 gassed in France
3/9/1918 gun shot wounds – shoulder/arm/hand
2/4/1919 RTA per "Lancashire"
20/9/1919 discharged.
on 25/7/1945 he wrote from 16 Cowles Rd, Mosman asking for replacements for his certificate, medals and discharge papers as he claimed they had been stored in a shed at Mosman which had burnt down.
His grandfather Thomas Grieve (c1836 Scotland – 21/10/1916 had 14 children by 2 wives. One of his cousins Keith Harvey Grieve (1892 – 19/9/1958) was a doctor in WW1 who won a Military Cross and an uncle, Charles Berry Grieve (1889 Wollongong – 23/9/1974 late of Wentworthville) was a Lieutenant and then a Captain in WW1 and another uncle, William Grieve was a Lieutenant in WW1.
Source: Geraldine Walsh
Service Number: 29280
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Relationships:
- father - Frederick William Grieve
- mother - Alice Maud Morey
- brother - Frederick Thomas William Grieve
- wife - Lucy May Williams
Organisations:
Main Sources:
- GRIEVE Gordon Morey Service Number 29280 Place of Birth Sydney NSW Place of Enlistment Bathurst NSW Next of Kin Father GRIEVE Frederick William (NAA File)
- Gunner Gordon Greive (Photograph)
- Gunner later Driver Gordon Morey Grieve No 29280 bio by Geraldine Walsh (Webpage)
- DOUBLE CASUALTY LIST NEW SOUTH WALES WOUNDED (Newspaper Article)
- 438th CASUALTY LIST NEW SOUTH WALES WOUNDED (Newspaper Article)
- PERSONAL (Newspaper Article)
Commemorations:
- GRIEVE G. M. on the East Face of the
