GROVE, Raymond Hinton
| Service Number: | 3131 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Second Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | Australian Flying Corps (AFC) |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Yarraville, Maribyrnong, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Surveyor |
| Died: | Accidental (Injuries), Scotland, United Kingdom, 19 August 1918, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Girvan (Doune) Cemetery INSCRIPTION THE PAIN HAS BEEN THE GLORY IS Row M, Grave No. II |
| Memorials: | Adelaide Commissioner of Public Works Roll of Honour, Adelaide National War Memorial, Black Forest Parkside West Methodist Church and School Roll of Honor WW1, Unley Arch of Remembrance, Unley Town Hall WW1 Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 12 Jan 1916: | Involvement 3131, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: '' | |
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| 12 Jan 1916: | Embarked 3131, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Medic, Adelaide | |
| 19 Aug 1918: | Involvement Second Lieutenant, Australian Flying Corps (AFC), --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: Australian Flying Corps awm_rank: Second Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1918-08-19 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Australian Flying Corps
He was 26 and the son of Joseph and Margaret Ann Grove; husband of M. I. Grove, of 21, James St., St. Peters, Adelaide, Australia.
Address 'Myora', Wattle Street, Malvern, South Australia
Age at embarkation 23
Wife, Mrs Myra Irene Grove, 'Myora,' Wattle Street, Malvern, South Australia
Enlistment date 4 August 1915
Rank on enlistment Acting Corporal
27th Battalion, 7th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number 23/44/2
Unit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A7 Medic on 12 January 1916
Commissioned Rank from Nominal Roll 2nd Lieutenant
Biography contributed by Cathy Sedgwick
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK/Scotland/Ireland”
Died on this date - 19th August.....Raymond Hinton Grove was born at Yarraville, Victoria in 1892.
He was a 23 year old, married, Engineering Surveyor from Malvern, South Australia when he enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) on 4th August, 1915.
He joined 27th Battalion in France on 2nd May, 1916 & was transferred to Australian Flying Corps on 27th October, 1917.
Second Lieutenant Raymond Hinton Grove was piloting a Sopwith Camel B. 9212 on 19th August, 1918 from No. 1 Fighting School, Turnberry Scotland for the purpose of Gunnery practice.
Second Lieutenant Raymond Hinton Grove was presumed killed on 19th August, 1918 as a result of an aeroplane accident when the aeroplane nose-dived into the sea. His body was not recovered at the time of the accident.
Second Lieutenant Grove’s body was recovered at Turnberry on 28th August, 1918.
He was buried in Doune Cemetery, Girvan, Ayrshire, Scotland.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/uploads/4/9/7/8/4978039/grove__raymond_hinton.pdf
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