Australian WW2 service records

[Rove]

The link is from the first post of this thread.

I just entered that link and searched by the name Grimshaw.

I had already viewed that Aussie Services Site many months ago.

This guy is not related to me. He played a very important part in shaping the course of my life when I was a teenager. All I can say is that he wore an Aussie RAAF uniform and he was in a group of about 30 English RAF officers. They were Ground Crew officers.

I take it that today he is RIP. If I can trace a relative of his I can tell them the story.

[ash33au]

I've found a Charles Shepherd from that Squadron that someone else is looking for

[Rove]

This man was born in England

Here is his name in Free BMDs

Thomas Wrigley Grimshaw born in Totnes 3rd qtr 1908 ref 5b 132.

My thinking is that he happened to be in WA Aust during 1940 and joined the RAAF here in Aust.

The officers always called each other by nicknames.

[ash33au]

Ahhh you had me confused which is why I asked if Thomas Wrigley Grimshaw was the man...

His full service record is not digitised and is available for a fee from the National Archives. I will be in there on Wednesday as a matter of point.

[ash33au]

Try this link ===> https://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/Item...?M=0&B=5376010

[Procat]

Hi Ash,

link doesn't work

[ash33au]

Although I'm not sure if it is Thomas Wrigley Grimshaw we are looking for? Rove doesn't seem to be certain, but here is what we get from the NAA:

Title
GRIMSHAW THOMAS WRIGLEY
Service Number - 406128
Date of birth - 12 Aug 1908
Place of birth - GALMPTON ENGLAND
Place of enlistment - PERTH WA
Next of Kin - GRIMSHAW ISABELLA
Barcode 5376010
Series number A9300
Series accession number 2002/05090488
Control symbol GRIMSHAW T W
Contents date range 1939 - 1948
Extent
Location Canberra
Access status Not yet examined
Reason for restriction
Date of decision 1 Jan 1970

[ash33au]

This might also help:

https://www.google.com.au/search?hl=e...&start=10&sa=N

[Rove]

Hi Ash33au and other guys


Seems you have pushed me further in my search for Mr Grimshaw.

His father was EWING WRIGLEY GRIMSHAW who married Isabella Geraldine Nangle in Chard ?Somerset? June qtr 1905 ref 5c 711

Have found no trace of EWING W. GRIMSHAW. I think he could have been born in Aussie, Just a guess.

In the 1891 Census Isabella aged 13y b c1878 is living with her widowed mother ISABELLA.

The 13 yr old is entered as GERALDINE and born in Madras India. Her mother Isabella is born Scotland 1849. They were living at Bedford Eastern Ward Bedford.

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From FindMYPast Emigration records I've noticed this entry:


Name: Mr E GRIMSHAW
Date of departure: 15 January 1921
Port of departure: London
Passenger destination port: Fremantle, Australia
Passenger destination: Fremantle, Australia

Date of Birth: 1881 (calculated from age)
Age: 40
Marital status: Married
Sex: Male
Occupation: Electrician
Passenger recorded on: Page 13 of 28
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Name: Mrs A GRIMSHAW
Date of departure: 15 January 1921
Port of departure: London
Passenger destination port: Fremantle, Australia
Passenger destination: Fremantle, Australia

Date of Birth: 1879 (calculated from age)
Age: 42
Marital status: Married
Sex: Female
Occupation: Housewife

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Thomas Wrigley Grimshaw joined the RAAF in Perth 1940

Mr E. Grimshaw's wife is show as A. Grimshaw, not I for Isabella or G for Geraldine

Her entered dob is close to correct.

[janeygee]

If anyone wants more comprehensive Aust WW2 service records, let me know. I go to the National Archives fairly often and have gotten heaps for myself already.

HI;

I am browsing today and noticed your offer to look up WW2 service
records,, I am looking for a cousin who emmigrated from Scot 1927
with wife & children,, I believe he may have 'fibbed' about his age
when joining up, he was born 1897.Glas/Scot;

William Wilson (b) 7 July.1900. Service # VX 34631.enlisted Royal
Park,Victoria. NOK;Mildred Wilson;wife;

William died 1974 age 76yrs.Heidelberg; maybe the Heidelberg Rep/Hosp
his age is about right for 1897 birth.

Would there be any address with these records,??

Your help is appreciated;

Kind regards;

Janey;