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Frank GROOME

Regimental number221
Place of birthForest Hill England
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationFarm hand
Address7 Queen's Avenue, Watford, Hertfordshire, England
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Next of kinMother, Mrs Elizabeth Groome, 7 Queen's Avenue, Watford, Hertfordshire, England
Enlistment date13 February 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name17th Battalion, A Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/34/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board Transport A32 Themistocles on 12 May 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll17th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 6 October 1915
Age at death from cemetery records20
Place of burialCairo War Memorial Cemetery (Row D, Grave o. 121), Egypt
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
82
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Fred and Mary GROOME, 7 Queen's Avenue, Watford, England

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