Leslie GROVES

GROVES, Leslie

Service Number: 5019
Enlisted: 23 February 1916, Melbourne, Vic.
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 22nd Infantry Battalion
Born: Marungi, Vic., 1897
Home Town: Marungi, Greater Shepparton, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Labourer
Died: Killed in Action, France, 16 April 1917
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Marungi War Memorial, Mooroopna Shepparton News Calendar & Pictorial Honour Roll of Fallen Heroes, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)
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World War 1 Service

23 Feb 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5019, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Vic.
3 Jul 1916: Involvement Private, 5019, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ayrshire embarkation_ship_number: A33 public_note: ''
3 Jul 1916: Embarked Private, 5019, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ayrshire, Melbourne

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Daniel GROVES of Marungi, Vic.