Augustine
George
(August)
Grime
Born in Oamaru, Otago, New Zealand
Ancestors 
Brother of
Cyril Gurney Grime, Edward Greenway Grime, Claude Vivian Grime and Frances Gwendoline R (Grime) Paul
Husband of
Isabella Mary (Small) Grime
— married
1913 in Bowraville, New South Wales, Australia
Father of
Sydney C Small
Died
at about age 85
in Toowoon Bay, New South Wales, Australia
Profile last modified
| Created 23 Jan 2019
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Biography
August Grime is an Anzac who served in World War One.
Augustine George Grime was born in 1883 in Oamaru, Otago, New Zealand. He was the firstborn child of New South Wales-born Reverend Sydney Grime and his wife, Frances Croasdill. [1]
August Grime migrated from New Zealand to New South Wales.
Soon after his birth, the young family voyaged to England, where Augustine's father assumed the duties of chaplain to Her Majesty's forces at Aldlershot. In 1886, they made another long voyage, to Newcastle, New South Wales, where the good Reverend was appointed priest in Christ Church Cathedral. There, Augustine received three brothers and a sister. He lost his mother in 1904.
Augustine married Isabella Small in 1913 in Bowraville, New South Wales. [2] The birth of a son, Sydney, surname listed as Small, was registered in 1915 in Cessnock, in New South Wales' Hunter Valley.
August Grime was wounded at Passchendaele during The Great War.
On 5th May 1916, Augustine enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force, his young nation's overseas expeditionary force for the (First World) War. [3] Together with other reinforcements for the 36th Australian Infantry Battalion, he embarked aboard HMAT Benalla A24 at Sydney on 9th November 1916 for Great Britain, and the killing fields of the Western Front. [4] The battalion had been raised in Newcastle earlier in the year and moved into the French trenches in November as part of 9th Brigade, 3rd Division, as Augustine was on the high seas. He joined the battalion in the New Year, in time for its move to Ypres, Flanders and the Battle of Messines on 7th June 1917. [5] He was wounded in the action at Messines on 11th June and evacuated to England. After having his left leg amputated above the knee, he was repatriated home 1st November 1917. [3] His father had died in Newcastle early in 1917. Following the war Sydney was awarded both the British War Medal and the Victory Medal for his war service.
Aged 84 years he, as George Augustus, passed away on 11th August 1968 in Toowoon Bay, New South Wales. [6]
Sources
- ↑ New Zealand Birth Index #1883/9573
- ↑ New South Wales Marriage Index #7908/1913
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Australian War Memorial nominal roll: 2570 Private Augustus George Grime; accessed 12 Aug 2022
- ↑ Australian War Memorial embarkation roll: 2570 Private Augustine George Grime; accessed 12 Aug 2022
- ↑ Australian War Memorial unit record: 36th Australian Infantry Battalion; accessed 12 Aug 2022
- ↑ New South Wales Death Index #5272/1968; registered at Sydney
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