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GROVES, Robert William

Service Numbers:	1985, S70428
Enlisted:	26 March 1942
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	3rd (SA) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC)
Born:	Port Adelaide, South Australia, 11 June 1885
Home Town:	Alberton, Port Adelaide, South Australia
Schooling:	Port Adelaide Public School and Way College, Adelaide, South Australia
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Myrtle Bank War Veterans Home, South Australia i, 20 January 1966, aged 80 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Cheltenham Cemetery, South Australia
Memorials:	Rosewater Womens Memorial Roll of Honour WW1

World War 1 Service

26 Aug 1915:	Involvement 1985, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: ''
26 Aug 1915:	Embarked 1985, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Melbourne
11 Nov 1918:	Involvement Lieutenant, 22nd Infantry Battalion

World War 2 Service

26 Mar 1942:	Involvement Private, S70428, 3rd (SA) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC)
26 Mar 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, S70428
26 Mar 1942:	Enlisted Adelaide, SA
30 Dec 1942:	Discharged

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