BELGROVE, Roy Trevor
| Service Number: | 2862 |
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| Enlisted: | 4 September 1916, Goulburn, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Machine Gun Battalion |
| Born: | Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia, 1895 |
| Home Town: | Goulburn, Goulburn Mulwaree, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 9 April 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery Plot II, Row A, Grave No. 5 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 4 Sep 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Goulburn, New South Wales | |
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| 3 Nov 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2862, 60th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' | |
| 3 Nov 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2862, 60th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Sydney | |
| 9 Apr 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2862, 5th Machine Gun Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2862 awm_unit: 5th Australian Machine Gun Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-04-09 |
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Roy Trevor BELGROVE was born in 1895 in Goulburn NSW, his parents were Robert BELGROVE and Jane WOODWARD.
He enlisted on 11th September 1916 with 60th Battalion, and his Unit embarked from Sydney on HMAT Afric on 3rd November 1916.
He was killed in action on 09 Apr 1918 and was buried Villers Bretonneux Cemetery
"GOULBURN AND THE WAR. Private Roy Trevor Belgrove killed
The Rev. Canon Carver on tueseday received official advice that Private Roy Trevor Belgrove was killed in action in France - deceased who was a single man and 23 years of age last January, enlisted in 1916 He was partly trained in England and afterwards left for France. Before enlistment he was employed in the Railway Department at Goulburn. He is survived by his father and seven sisters" - from the Goulburn Evening Penny Post 25 Apr 1918 (nla.gov.au)
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