GROVES, James Ambrose
| Service Numbers: | 2870, 2870A |
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| Enlisted: | 11 August 1915, Holsworthy, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 14th Field Ambulance |
| Born: | Parramatta, New South Wales, 1893 |
| Home Town: | Lidcombe, Auburn, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Parramatta Marist Brothers |
| Occupation: | Locomotive engine cleaner |
| Died: | Suicide, Hornsby, New South Wales, 10 June 1938 |
| Cemetery: |
Macquarie Park Cemetery & Crematorium, North Ryde, New South Wales Formerly Northern Suburbs Cemetery |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 11 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2870, Holsworthy, New South Wales | |
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| 2 Nov 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2870, 20th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 2 Nov 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2870, 20th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney | |
| 13 Feb 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 56th Infantry Battalion | |
| 18 Apr 1918: | Wounded Private, 2870, 56th Infantry Battalion, Villers-Bretonneux, Gassed (severe) | |
| 18 Jul 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2870A, 14th Field Ambulance |
James Ambrose Groves
James Ambrose (Jim), born 1/12/1892 at Rydalmere
Died 10/6/1938 at Hornsby, aged 45, buried at Northern Suburbs Cemetery.
Married Wilhelmine Fielding 28/12/1922 at St. Patricks
“The Rocks”, born Keerrong, 1/1/1899, died Roselands
Nursing Home 2/10/1993. Cremated Northern Suburbs,
Aged 94 yrs.
Submitted 7 April 2015 by Philomena van Rijswijk
Biography
James Ambrose attended Parramatta Marist Brothers school. He was recorded in the 1904 roll as living at Grose St, Parramatta, New South Wales. At the time of enlistment, he was living at the Boulevard, Lidcombe.
War service: Egypt, Western Front (was severely gassed while serving in France) - Returned to Australia 8 April 1919
"SUICIDE OF SICK RETURNED SOLDIER. SHOT HIMSELF DEAD WITH RIFLE
SYDNEY, Saturday. James Ambrose Groves, 45, who yesterday shot himself dead with a German Mauser rifle, had been a patient sufferer for several years. He had been told that he had not long to live. Friends say that he may not have lived for more than another fortnight. Groves, a returned soldier, had a very exacting job in the Railway Department. He was a train examiner and on his care and powers of observation depended the lives of thousands of passengers. It was his responsibility to determine if the wheels and undercarriages of railway carriages were in a safe condition. For some years Groves had suffered severely. In the last two years his condition had seemed worse. He had been confined to his bed about a fortnight and the police have been told that it was considered that he had no chance of recovery." - from the Newcastle Sun 11 Jun 1938 (nla.gov.au)
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