20/03/1917 – Joined Railway Unit & Reinforcements & Special Draft as 2nd Corporal
31/03/1917 – To 5th Section Railway Unit Broadmeadows VIC & Reverts to rank Private
20/7/1917 – To 5th Section Australian Railways Operating Division ( 16th Aust Rail Operations Co ) Borden England as Sapper
5/09/1917 – Proceeded Overseas France ex Southampton ex Borden
16/11/1917 – Promoted Temporary 2nd Corporal in the field France
25/03/1918- Reverted to Ranks as Sapper
14/05/1918- Appointed Lance Corporal in the field France
NEW DESIGNATION – 2nd Australian Light Rail Operating Company
30/07/1918- Granted Leave Paris France
10/08/1918 – Rejoined Unit in the field France ex Leave
5/09/1918- Granted Leave England
22/09/1918- Rejoined Unit in the field France ex Leave
22/11/1918 – Admitted 7th General Hospital Wimereux France ( Sick )
28/11/1918- Admitted 39th General Hospital Havre France ex 62 Casualty Clearing Station ex Ambulance Train 27
21/12/1918 – Discharged to OC Reinforcements Australian General Base Depot Havre France ex Hospital
16/01/1919 – Rejoined Unit in the field France from Base Depot Havre
15/02/1919 – Appointed Temporary Corporal in the field France
2/05/1919 – To No. 3 Group Codford England ex Australian General Base Depot Havre France
20/06/1919- To No. 2 Group Sutton Veny England ex Codford
29/07/1919 – Granted Leave with Pay & Subs for Non – Military Employment – Reason – Masonry at Ross, Hertfordshire for 3 Months .
22/09/1919 – To No. 2 Group Sutton Veny ex Headquarters London for Return to Australia
1/10/1919 – Embarked Southampton England for Australia per ” Pakeha ”
16/11/1919 – Disembarked Fremantle
24/12/1919 – Discharged from Service ( Termination of period of Employment ).
” Sincere thanks to Margaret Warburton for confirming that Grosvenor Hemingway was awarded a Scholastic prize as a student at Bunbury State School in 1907. Refer Bunbury Herald & Southern Times newspaper articles sourced from Trove. “

