Colin GROOM

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Service Number:	1900
Enlisted:	5 July 1915, Brisbane, Queensland
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	26th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Toowoomba, Queensland, 29 December 1894
Home Town:	Toowoomba, Toowoomba, Queensland
Schooling:	Toowoomba State School
Occupation:	Locomotive Fireman
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 26 March 1917, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Queensland Railways Toowoomba Employees Roll of Honour, Toowoomba Roll of Honour WW1, Toowoomba St James Church M4, Toowoomba St James' M2, Toowoomba War Memorial (Mothers' Memorial), Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

5 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, 1900, Brisbane, Queensland
16 Aug 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1900, 26th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: ''
16 Aug 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1900, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kyarra, Brisbane
26 Mar 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1900, 26th Infantry Battalion, German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line and Outpost Villages
Date unknown:	Involvement 26th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières

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