Roy Graham COLGRAVE

COLGRAVE, Roy Graham

    Service Number: 5996
    Enlisted: 1 May 1916, Claremont, Tas.
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 12th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Tasmania, 1896
    Home Town: Pipers River, George Town, Tasmania
    Schooling: Piper's River State School
    Occupation: Labouer
    Died: Illness (Phthisis), Germany, 19 January 1918
    Cemetery: Hamburg Cemetery, Germany
    Plot I, Row C, Grave No. 4
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Deloraine War Memorial, George Town Municipality Roll of Honour
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    World War 1 Service

    1 May 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5996, 12th Infantry Battalion, Claremont, Tas.
    8 Aug 1916: Involvement Private, 5996, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Hobart embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: ''
    8 Aug 1916: Embarked Private, 5996, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ballarat, Hobart

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    Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

    Son of Samuel and Jane COLGRAVE, Pipers River, Tasmania

    HE NOBLY GAVE ALL

    Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Colgrave, Piper's River, desire to sincerely thank all kind friends for letters, cards, and expressions of sympathy in their sad  bereavement, through the death of their dear son, Pte. Roy Graham Colgrave, whilst prisoner of war in Germany.

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