Robert Cuthbert Grieve

Robert Cuthbert Grieve

Infobox Military Person|
name=Robert Cuthbert Grieve


caption=
allegiance=First Australian Imperial Force
rank=Captain
unit=A Company, 37th Battalion, 3rd Division
family=May Isabel (wife)
nickname=
lived= June 19, 1889 – death date and age|1957|10|4|1889|6|19
placeofbirth=Brighton, Victoria
placeofdeath=Melbourne, Victoria
enteredservice=
currentlyresides=
serviceyears=1915-1918
battles=Battle of Messines
laterwork=
awards=Victoria Cross

Robert Cuthbert Grieve VC (June 19, 1889–October 4, 1957), son of John and Annie Deas Grieve (née Brown), was an Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. He was the great nephew of Sergeant-Major John Grieve, also a Victoria Cross recipient. He attended Caulfield Grammar School and Wesley College, both in Melbourne, Australia.

Victoria Cross

He enlisted in the A.I.F.m as a private on June 9, 1915. In January 1916 he was given a commission in 37th Battalion (Victoria). He was promoted to Lieutenant in May 1916 and to Captain in February 1917.

He was sent to France and served at Armentières, Bois-Grenier, L'Epinette, Ploegsteert Wood, Messines, La Bassée Ville, and Warneton.

He won the VC at Messines. The Digest of Citation reads:

Grieve's medal has been loaned by the family to Wesley College, Melbourne and has been on-lent to the Shrine of Remembrance, where it is on display.

Marriage

He was discharged from the army as medically unfit on 28th June 1918, due to acute trench nephritis and double pneumonia. He married Mary Isabel Bowman, who was serving as a nursing sister in the AIF at the casualty clearing centre and has nursed his through his illness in France, in Sydney on August 7 1918.

Demobilization

He held the rank of Captain in the Australian Army Reserve. He established the business of Grieve, Gardner & Co., softgoods warehousemen, in Flinders Lane, Melbourne.

References

* [http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A090109b.htm Australian Dictionary of Biography entry]


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