GROTHEN, John
| Service Number: | 427 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 July 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 6th Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Stockton, New South Wales, Australia, June 1889 |
| Home Town: | The Junction, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | SW Abdomen, Battle of Menin Rd, Belgium, 21 September 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Belgium. Plot XXIV Row F Grave 6., Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Lijssenthoek, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Junction Soldier's Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 18 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 427, 30th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 9 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 427, 30th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Beltana embarkation_ship_number: A72 public_note: '' | |
| 9 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 427, 30th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Beltana, Sydney | |
| 18 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 6th Field Artillery Brigade | |
| 19 May 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Driver, 6th Field Artillery Brigade |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Awaiting memorialisation at Sandgate Cemetery.
103 years ago today, on the 21st September 1917, Driver John (Jack) Grothen, 6th Australian Field Artillery Brigade (Reg No-427), labourer from Corlette Street, The Junction, New South Wales, died of wounds at the Battle of the Menin Road during the Passchendaele Campaign, age 28.
Born at Stockton, New South Wales on the 7th June 1889 (as CHALMERS) to Margaret Chalmers, father unknown, who married William Henry D Grothen 1892 (died 1907 - http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article134699771). Margaret remarried to Rudolph William Princehorn 1913. Margaret died 1958 (as PRINCEHORN).
Jack enlisted July 1915 with the 30th Battalion at Newcastle, N.S.W., being wounded in action on the 21.9.1917 (SW abdomen), and is now resting at the Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Belgium. Plot XXIV Row F Grave 6. Photo of headstone courtesy of Eddy Lin, Belgium.
John’s name has been inscribed on the Gardner Memorial, The Junction Soldiers' Memorial, Newcastle South Public School Roll of Honour, Cooks Hill St. John's Anglican Church Honor Roll (photo, unveiled on the 12th February 1922, 86 names inscribed, 24 fallen, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article138736200) and the Newcastle Lodge-Grand United Order of Druids Roll of Honour - http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article137097616.
There is no memorial inscription on his parent’s headstone plaque to tell us of the loss of their son during The Great War, and I am unable to erect a memorial cross, so I have placed poppies to honour John’s supreme sacrifice for God, King and Country. PRESBYTERIAN-19SE. 96.
http://sandgate.northerncemeteries.com.au/.../index.php...
Lest We Forget.
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