Number Private 938

Battalion 30th battalion

Place of Birth Murrumdindi NSW

Next of Kim The reverend A H Gribble
of the Rectory Coonamble NSW

Date and place of enlistment Liverpool 8/1/1915

Physical details on enlistment Age 21 years 1 month,
5'5", 10 stone, blue eyes and dark brown hair,

Religion Church of England

Occupation Student of Holy Orders

Date and place of death He was killed in action on 22/3/1917 at Beaumetz France

Location of grave or memorial

Villers Bretonneux Memorial

Relationship to Woorayl Shire

Unknown

Military History

8/1/15 enlisted in Liverpool NSW
21/5/15 He embarked Newcastle on HMAT Kabinga
He was first a Trooper in the 7th Light horse
2/10/15 He went to the Gallipoli Peninsula
28/10/15 He was sick in hospital with a hernia and was transferred to Mudros
2/11/15 He disembarked in Malta and was admitted to St Georges Hospital
13/11 15 He left for England
28/11/15 He was admitted to the 3rd Southern General Hospital, Oxford.
30/9/16 He went to France
1/10/16 He was in Etaples
14/10/16 He joined the 30th Battalion
27/3/17 He was killed in action
His father The Reverend A H Gribble Rectory Coonamble NSW
His effects were: � letters, 2 wallets, a diary, a testament, and photos
His mother was Selina Alice and his father Arthur Hazelhurst Gribble
He was the brother of Norman Gribble