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Robert Renton Grigor

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Portrait of Lieutenant Colonel Robert Renton Grigor. Image sourced from Imperial War Museums' 'Bond of Sacrifice' collection. ©IWM HU 115421

Portrait of Lieutenant Colonel Robert Renton Grigor. Image sourced from Imperial War Museums' 'Bond …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Robert Renton AWMM
  • Surname
    Grigor AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 9/143 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    Nov 1872 AWMM Inchclutha, Otago AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW1 Pre 5 August 1914 AWMM Balclutha, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW1 Mrs Martha Grigor (wife), Balclutha, Otago, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 16 October 1914 AWMM Married/WWI AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 9/143 AWMM
  • Military service
    Served as Volunteer prior to WWI. AWMM
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
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Medical history

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Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • OC (Officer Commanding) of 12 Squadron, Otago Mounted Rifles, 5 August 1914 - 9 August 1915.

    CO (Commanding Officer), Otago Mounted Rifles, 9 August 1915 - 1917.

    Commander, ANZAC Light Horse Regiment, 1917. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    25 October 1955 AWMM
    Age 82 AWMM
    Balclutha, Otago AWMM
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Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • External links
    Military personnel file
    https://collections.archives.govt.nz/en-NZ/web/arena/search#/entity/aims-archive/R16789267
    Further Reference
  • References
    • McDonald, W. (2013). Honours and Awards to the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the Great War, 1914-1918. (3rd ed.). Hamilton, N.Z.: Richard Stowers. AWMM
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      Page No: 286 AWMM
    • Haigh, J., Polaschek, A. (Eds.). (1993). New Zealand and the Distinguished Service Order. Christchurch, N.Z.: Authors. AWMM
    • Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications AWMM
      Vol. 2: Includes portrait AWMM

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