Alfred James GROVER

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GROVER, Alfred James

Service Numbers:	2829, W56469
Enlisted:	10 October 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	Works / Labour / Employment / 'Alien' Company/ies
Born:	Beverley, Western Australia, 11 November 1889
Home Town:	Beverley, Beverley, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farm Hand
Died:	Beverley, Western Australia, 28 November 1960, aged 71 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Beverley Anglican Cemetery
Memorials:	Beverley District Honour Roll WW1, Beverley War Memorial

World War 1 Service

10 Oct 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2829, 44th Infantry Battalion
29 Dec 1916:	Embarked Private, 2829, 44th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Persic, Fremantle
29 Dec 1916:	Involvement Private, 2829, 44th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: ''
18 Dec 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2829, 44th Infantry Battalion
25 Sep 1919:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2829, 44th Infantry Battalion, per HT Mahana

World War 2 Service

3 Apr 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, W56469
12 Dec 1944:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, W56469, Works / Labour / Employment / 'Alien' Company/ies, 5 Labour Coy/1st Australian Horse Transport Coy

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Alf was the seventh of thirteen children of George Albert Grover (b1855 in Middle Swan, WA) and Margaret Watkins (b1857 in York, WA). George (A Railways Fettler) and Margaret married in 1877 in Beverley, WA where they settled and raised their family.

Alf was a Farm Hand in Beverley WA when he enlisted in the AIF in October 1916 - he had served twelve months with 25th Light Horse Regiment. Alf served as a Private (Service No:2829) with 44th Infantry Battalion in France and was hospitalised with Mumps and Influenza. In June 1919 he married Minnie Townsend (b1899 in Wiltshire, England) in Warminster, Wiltshire - Minnie was working as a Domestic Servant. Alf and Minnie arrived together in Fremantle WA in 1919 on board the Mahana, and Alf was Discharged in December 1919.

Alf and Minnie settled in Beverley WA, where Alf was a Road Boards Employee when he enlisted in the ACMF in 1942. He served as a Private (Service No:W56469) and was attached to 5 Labour Coy when he was Discharged in 1944. Alf died in 1960 and Minnie in 1971.

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