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GROOM, Charles William
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | 203, 11591 |
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| Enlisted: | 10 April 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Warrant Officer |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Field Butchery |
| Born: | Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, 1876 |
| Home Town: | Hurstville, Kogarah, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Butcher |
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Service History
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 203, 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry | |
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| 1 Mar 1900: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 203, 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 463 notes 3rd Contingent embarked 1 Mar 1900 aboard Duke of Portland arriving Cape Town 2 Apr 1900. | |
| 30 Sep 1900: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 203, 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry, National Archives Australia- Boer War Dossier notes invalided due to leg fracture returned to Australia aboard Nineveh arriving Brisbane and discharged 30 Sep 1900. |
World War 1 Service
| 10 Apr 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 11591, 3rd Field Butchery | |
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| 11 Apr 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 3rd Field Butchery | |
| 1 May 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Warrant Officer, 3rd Field Butchery | |
| 18 May 1916: | Involvement 11591, 3rd Field Butchery, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: '' | |
| 18 May 1916: | Embarked 11591, 3rd Field Butchery, HMAT Demosthenes, Sydney | |
| 25 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Warrant Officer, 11591, 3rd Field Butchery |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
Charles William Groom served in both the South African (Boer) War as a Private S.N. 203 in the 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry, and in WW1 as a Private (rising to rank of Warrant Officer) S.N. 11951 in the 3rd Field Butchery. (source National Archives Australia Boer War Dossier and WW1 Service Records).
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