13623 / S9357
GROSVENOR, Clifford Ivo
| Service Numbers: | 3652, SX39301, S555 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 September 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Warrant Officer Class 2 |
| Last Unit: | 50th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Victor Harbor, SA, 19 August 1898 |
| Home Town: | Inman Valley, Yankalilla, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Illness, Australia, 26 May 1947, aged 48 years |
| Cemetery: |
Rookwood Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales F B 16, Sydney War Cemetery, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Memorials: | Adelaide High School Great War Honour Board, Adelaide University of Adelaide WW1 Honour Roll, Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Inman Valley WW2 Honour Roll, South Australian Education Department Roll of Honour, Victor Harbor Congregational Church Roll of Honor, Victor Harbor Newland Memorial Congregational Church Memorial Window |
World War 1 Service
| 4 Aug 1917: | Involvement Private, 3652, 50th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
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| 4 Aug 1917: | Embarked Private, 3652, 50th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne |
World War 2 Service
| 20 Sep 1940: | Involvement Warrant Officer Class 2, S555 | |
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| 20 Sep 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Warrant Officer Class 2, SX39301 | |
| 20 Sep 1940: | Enlisted Keswick, SA | |
| 20 Sep 1940: | Involvement Warrant Officer Class 2, SX39301 | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Thomas More College
Clifford Ivo Grosvenor was born 19th August 1898 in Encounter Bay, South Australia, Australia. He was the son of Archibald Thomas Grosvenor and Prudence (Prouse) Grosvenor. At just age 18 and 9 months he signed up for the first World War as he wanted to fight for his country.
He enlisted on the 15th May 1917 Victor Harbor. At this point in his life, he was a student not being married nor had a trade or calling. He was 5ft 8 inches tall with a fair complexion and blue eyes with light curly hair, his religion was recorded as Methodist. Because he was under 21 at enlistment his parents provided the necessary letter of permission but they requested that he was placed in the Artillery. During his time at war he was in the A.I.F serving as a Private as the A.I.F served in the Middle East and on the Western Front during WW1.
Surviving the first World War he returned safely back to his family and friends and 3 years later settled down as a farmer and married his wife Lillian (Archer) Grosnevor. They were wed in 1921 where in the years to follow had four children Peter Grosvenor, Robert Archer Grosvenor and his other two children names unknown.
Then when it was time to enlist for the second World War on 20th September 1940 he signed up to be in a training position as Warrant Officer Class 2, to be exact. These kinds of officers solely focussed on training, keeping the welfare and discipline of us and coming soldiers and would look after 120 soldiers at a time. He firstly served in Australia before embarking to New Guinea for 6 months, returning to serve at Townville. In where he served until the end of the war. After WW2 ended he was deployed to Japan in April 1946 but became ill with an infection in September and was evacuated to hospital. He returned to his unit in August 1946. He returned to Australia for dischard in May 1947 and was admitted to hospital in Sydney. He died on 26th May 1947 due to a ruptured cerebral abscess and was buried at the Sydney War Cemetery.
(source: NAA: B883)
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