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GROGAN, John Edmund
| Service Number: | 3337 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 50th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Thebarton, SA, 1893 |
| Home Town: | Broken Hill, Broken Hill Municipality, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | 12 November 1945, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Broken Hill Barrier District Roll of Honour, Broken Hill South Mine Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 27 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 3337, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: '' | |
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| 27 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 3337, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Adelaide | |
| 19 Apr 1917: | Honoured Military Medal, Commonwealth of Australia Gazette 19 April 1917 on page 927 at position 91 London Gazette 9 December 1916 on page 12055 at position 63 | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 3337, 50th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Sharyn Roberts
Mrs. A. J. Williams, of 269 Oxide street, received word a few days ago that her son, Private J. E. Grogan, 50th Battalion, had been awarded the Military Medal for bravery on the battlefield.
Private Grogan was' born in Adelaide, but had lived in Broken Hill for
12 years prior to enlisting in July, 1915. He will be 24 years of age, on
July 14 next. He left with the 11th Reinforcements to the 10th Battalion, but was transferred to the 50th Battalion on arrival in Egypt. He has been serving in France for some time. When his mother heard from him last he mentioned that he had been in action several times. Before enlisting Private Grogan was a trucker on the South mine, and prior to that was employed on Mr. G. Francis's milk round.
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