STOBIE  G.

Given Names:  Graeme

               

Service Number: 

Unit:  5th Battalion, 16th reinforcements                                                                           

Rank:  2nd Lieutenant                                                                                                     

Paybook Number: 

 

Age:  23 Yrs  11 Mths

Occupation:  Accountant (Public)                                                                                    

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Presbyterian

 

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  6 Ft  2½ In                  

Weight:  182 Lbs

Chest:  36-39 In

Hair:  Light Brown

Eyes:  Brown

Complexion:  Fresh

 

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  23/6/1915

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  FATHER  David Grieve Stobie

85 Glenferrie Road, Kew, Victoria                                                                                     

Embarkation Date:  1/4/1916

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Suffolk A23

 

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Port Darwin                                     

Embarked:  12/6/1919                               

Disembarked:  27/7/1919

Unit:  6th Battalion                                                                                                                        

Rank:  Lieutenant

Discharge Date:  10/9/1919                       

Place:  Melbourne

 

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  Not earned

British War Medal:  38264

Victory Medal:  37872

Other:    Military Cross

 

BIRTH

Date or Year:  9/4/1892

Place:  Armadale/Hawsburn, Victoria        

Father:  David Grieve STOBIE                 

Mother:  Jessie Eleanor HUNT

 

MARRIAGE

Year:  1922     

Place:             

Spouse: Evees Irene HAWSE

 

DEATH

Date or Year: 28/3/1969                          

Place: Melbourne, Victoria                       

Burial:  Springvale, Victoria

 

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Military Cross recommendation dated 17/8/1918 for conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty on the 9th & 10th August 1918 near Lihons

 

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

Camberwell Grammar

Scotch College

 

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

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COMMENTS

Kew Rotary