GROENING, Norman Albert
| Service Number: | 4344 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 July 1915, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 8th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Williamstown, Victoria, 17 March 1898 |
| Home Town: | Williamstown (Vic), Hobsons Bay, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Natural Causes, Warragamba, Australian Capital Territory, 27 October 1976, aged 78 years |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 17 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 29 Dec 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4344, 8th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: '' | |
| 29 Dec 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4344, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Melbourne |
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At the age of 17 years and 4 months and stating he was a year older, Norman enlisted in the army. And three months shy of turning 18 his unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A64 Demosthenes on 29 December 1915.
Less than a month after his 19th birthday, Norman was captured at the Great War battle in Reincourt, France, April 1917. He was interned in Dulmen and later transferred to Munster. He was repatriated to London in December 1918 after 20 months as a prisoner of war - he was 20 years of age.
The war had a great impact on Norman and resulted in him becoming estranged from his family.
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