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WW1
Grubb William Edward Kemp
Lt Grubb was wounded at Mericourt France with a bullet in the shoulder but continued on. Later the same day he was fatally shot through the head and was buried at Heilly Station Cemetery. His brother Frank Grubb of the 26th Battalion was also killed in action He is recognized on the Trevallyn Reserve War Memorial and the Stanley War Memorial. His war diary is held by the Australian War Memorial in Canberra.STANLEY - KILLED IN ACTION
Deep regret
was felt
in
Stanley
when it became known that Lieut. W Grubb had been
killed
in
action
in
France. This adds another to the list
of Stanley natives who have given
their all for King and country. The
deceased was 27 years of age,
was the youngest son of Mr. A. Grubb of
Stanley, and enlisted in
May, 1915. He
saw service in
Gallipoli with the 26th
Batt, and was later invalided home,
suffering from fever. He afterwards
left for the front again as a lieutenant
and went to France. At the end
of last January he had leave and paid
a visit to relatives in
Ireland, returning to France
again about February
8. When he was invalided home he married Miss E.
Simmons, of Launceston,
and leaves a widow and baby
girl to mourn the loss of a gallant husband
and father. He wa The North Western Advocate 11th April 1918
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