James Reginald GROVES

GROVES, James Reginald

Service Number: 154063
Enlisted: 14 November 1944
Last Rank: Aircraftman
Last Unit: 1 Recruit Depot Shepparton (RAAF)
Born: Lambeth, England, 2 April 1916
Home Town: Parkside, Unley, South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Painter and Decorator
Died: Illness, Tocumwal, Tocumwal, New South Wales, Australia, 27 November 1944, aged 28 years
Cemetery: Tocumwal War Cemetery Cemetery
B A 6
Memorials: Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 2 Service

14 Nov 1944: Involvement 154063
14 Nov 1944: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman, 154063, 1 Recruit Depot Shepparton (RAAF), Adelaide, SA
14 Nov 1944: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman, 154063
Date unknown: Involvement

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Percy Edwin and Emma Groves; husband of Marjorie Groves, of Parkside, South Australia.

James Reginald Groves enlisted in the RAAF on 14 November 19144.  He was a married 28 year old Painter and Decorator from Fullarton, SA and had joined as a Technical trainee.

While James was travelling to recruit training he became unwell and was admitted to 5 RAAF Hospital at Tocumwal where he was placed on the 'dangerously ill' list.  Aircraftman Groves died the following day on 27 November 1944 from illness.

Listed on the Unley Roll of Honour

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