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GROVES, Clarence Roy
| Service Number: | 4788 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 10th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Bowden, South Australia, Australia, January 1893 |
| Home Town: | Glanville, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | 1 August 1982, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 9 Mar 1916: | Involvement Private, 4788, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: RMS Mongolia embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
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| 9 Mar 1916: | Embarked Private, 4788, 10th Infantry Battalion, RMS Mongolia, Adelaide | |
| 16 Apr 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Gunner | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Driver, 4788 | |
| 17 Dec 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 4788, Cessation of Hostilities | |
| Date unknown: | Wounded 4788, 4th Divisional Ammunition Column |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Adelaide High School
Clarence Roy Groves was born around January of 1893 in Bowden, South Australia. Before enlisting as a Private in World War I, he worked as a labourer. In the years of Clarence’s life before the War, he had not engaged in any military service. In his “Attestation Paper of Persons Enlisted for Service Abroad” papers, Clarence states that he has a wife called Ellen Nancy Groves who is his next of kin. She lived in Hart Street, Glanville before changing her address to Military Road, Semaphore on the 19th of January in 1917 while Clarence was in France carrying his military service as a Private.
Clarence Roy Groves was posted as a Private in the 2nd Depot Battalion. He was then in the 15th Reinforcement in the 10th Battalion on the 16th of January, 1916. He embarked from Adelaide on the R.M.S “Mongolia” on 09/03/1916. On the 17th of April, 1916, he was taken on strength in France. Clarence was punished for being absent from the parade, he was awarded 3 days on 11/05/1916. Clarence committed quite a few other 'crimes' during his service. He was sent to the hospital because of an unspecified illness from 13/09/1916 to 14/09/1916. On 10/02/1918, Clarence Roy Groves was found guilty of two charges and sentenced to 2 years D.H.L. The charges were that he escaped his escort and absented himself from Ouderdom until apprehended in Paris. On 16/04/1916, Clarence was promoted from Private to Gunner in the 4th Division Arty. He was then promoted again to Driver on 24/05/1916. Clarence was sent to prison for his offence of snatching a handbag from a woman in Bellabarbe, Paris on the 9th of March 1918. Over the course of his service in the war, Clarence Roy Groves was put on trial for five offences. According to his dental records, Clarence had lost 9 teeth during his service. Clarence had been promoted to Sergeant during his service, according to his extraction papers. In his official discharge papers of the 17th of December 1920, the reason for his discharge is “Cessation of Hostilities”. He returned to Australia per H.T “Port Napier” and disembarked on 29/06/1919.
According to a document titled “Transferred to AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE”, it says “1/8/82 DECEASED” without a clear link to Clarence Roy Groves. It isn’t clear what he did after his discharge.
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