Philip Walter GROVES

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GROVES, Philip Walter

Service Number:	6756
Enlisted:	7 September 1916, Adelaide, SA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	10th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, 1894
Home Town:	Henley Beach , City of Charles Sturt / Henley and Grange, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Piano Tuner
Died:	Died of wounds, Bullecourt, France, 18 May 1917
Cemetery:	Boulogne Eastern Cemetery IV. B. 29.
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Henley Beach Council Fallen WW1 & WW2 Honour Board, Henley Beach Council WW1 Service Roll, Henley Fulham Uniting Church Roll of Honour, Hindmarsh Star of Freedom Tent No 4 IOOR WW1 Roll of Honor

World War 1 Service

7 Sep 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6756, 10th Infantry Battalion, Adelaide, SA
7 Nov 1916:	Involvement Private, 6756, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: ''
7 Nov 1916:	Embarked Private, 6756, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Adelaide
19 Apr 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6756, 10th Infantry Battalion, Bullecourt (Second), 19/04/1917 Sailed for France from Folkestone. 27/04/1917 Joined 10th Battalion. 06/05/1917 Wounded in Action. 18/05/1917 DOW.
19 Apr 1917:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 6756, 3rd Training Battalion , Embarked for France from Folkestone.
27 Apr 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 10th Infantry Battalion, Struck off strength from 3rd Training Battalion 21/04/1917. Joined 10th Infantry Battalion 27/04/1917.
6 May 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 6756, 10th Infantry Battalion, Bullecourt (Second), 18/05/1917 DOW Shrapnel wound to leg and right hip.
6 May 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 6756, 10th Infantry Battalion, Bullecourt (Second), On 6/5/1917, Private Groves was wounded: shrapnel wounds to his back and right hip and attended by the 6th Australian Field Ambulance. On 10/5/1917, he was admitted to the 3rd Casualty Clearing Station, before being transferred to the 13th Stationary Hospital, located on the Boulogne docks, the following day.
18 May 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6756, 10th Infantry Battalion, Bullecourt (Second), Seven days after being admitted to the 13th Stationary Hospital, France, Private Groves succumbed to his wounds and died on 18/5/1917. 6th A.F.Amb. SW. back & R. Hip 13th Sty. Hospital. SW. Back & R. Thigh

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Biography contributed by St Peter's Woodlands Grammar School

Son of Walter William and Ellen Maud Groves, of Esplanade, Henley Beach, South Australia.

Phillip Walter Groves, was a South Australian male from Henley Beach Adelaide, he was a 22 year old piano tuner when he enlisted in 10th Battalion of the AIF on 29 August 1916. He served in war for Australia from the 7 of September 1916, embarking on The Afric from Adelaide 7 November 1916 to England. Philip was hurt in action in Boulogne, France, on 6 May 1917 and died 18 May 1917 from wounds to the back and thigh. He was buried at Boulogne Eastern Cemetery.

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