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Albert Joseph Grover

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Grave site at Waikumete Cemetery, Auckland, for Albert Joseph Grover (31991). Image provided by Hugh Grenfell, March 2016. © Auckland Museum CC BY.

Grave site at Waikumete Cemetery, Auckland, for Albert Joseph Grover (31991). Image provided by Hug …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Albert Joseph AWMM
  • Surname
    Grover AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 31991 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Wairakei, East Taupo, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs E. Grover (mother), Montague Street, Newton, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 31991 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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Embarkations

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  • Embarkation details

Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    Died of Sickness, Cause of Death AWMM
    Died of pneumonia AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Albert Joseph Grover was the second son of Elizabeth A. and Albert Grover

    Next of Kin: Mrs E. Grover, Newton, Auckland (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    27 August 1916 AWMM
    Age 33 AWMM
    Featherston, Wellington AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died of Sickness AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Waikumete Cemetery, Glen Eden, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM Section 4. Block A. Lot 120. or Anglican Public. Block A, Section 4, Grave 42B AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    • Featherston Cemetery Memorial, Featherston, New Zealand AWMM
    • Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

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Sources

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03 July 2016AllanRotoruaResearcher

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