Early Life
John Grayburn was born on 30 January 1918 on Manora Island, India, the son of Lionel and Gertrude Grayburn. The family returned to England whilst he was young, and he was educated at Sherborne School in Dorset. He played rugby for the Chiltern Rugby Club between 1927 and 1939 and was a skilled boxer.
Grayburn joined the Army Cadet Force and was posted to the 1st (London) Cadet Force, The Queen's Royal Regiment. In September 1940 he was given an emergency commission to second lieutenant and was posted to the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry.
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