Norman Albert GROENING

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GROENING, Norman Albert

Service Number:	4344
Enlisted:	17 July 1915, Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	14th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Williamstown, Victoria, Australia, 17 March 1898
Home Town:	Williamstown (Vic), Hobsons Bay, Victoria
Schooling:	Williamstown Grammar School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Natural Causes, Warragamba, Australian Capital Territory, Australia , 27 October 1976, aged 78 years
Cemetery:	Altona Memorial Park, Victoria Court of Hours, Wall WN08, Row H, Position 14
Memorials:	Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Docklands Members of Railway Head Office Staff Honour Roll, Williamstown N.W.P. Church Honor Roll

World War 1 Service

17 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Melbourne, Victoria
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
11 Apr 1917:	Wounded Australian Defence Forces (ADF)_Australian Regular Army, Lance Corporal, 4344, 14th Infantry Battalion, Gunshot wound to the right arm
11 Apr 1917:	Imprisoned Initially in hospital at Hagen then interned at Gefangenenlager, Dulmen, Germany

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Biography

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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