James Hubert GROVES

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GROVES, James Hubert

Service Number:	1535
Enlisted:	30 August 1914
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	3rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Narromine, New South Wales, Australia, 1894
Home Town:	Narromine, Narromine, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Mechanic
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 7 August 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, Narromine War Memorial

World War 1 Service

30 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1535, 3rd Infantry Battalion
20 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 1535, 3rd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 1535, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Herbert and Mary GROVES, Narromine, New South Wales

Wounded at the War.
Private James Grove's parents received word on Monday last that he had been slightly wounded while in action. This ia the first mishap recorded to a Narromine soldier. Private Groves is only 19 years of age, but a fine stamp of man, and deeply esteemed here. He is a good sport, and a fine footballer, and was the first Australian soldier climb tho Pyramids and plant the Union Jack on the summit of the highest.

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