Forenames

Llewellyn Gilbert AWMM

Surname

Grooby AWMM

Service number

WWI 68405 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

• 16 Oct 1898 AWMM
• 16 Oct 1898 AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs E. Grooby (mother), Motueka, New Zealand AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

1918 AWMM Le Quesnoy AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 68405 AWMM

Military training

Sling Camp, England AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 17 Oct 1917 AWMM
Age  19 AWMM
Orchardist/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 09 May 1918-24 Jun 1918 AWMM
HMNZT 103 AWMM Vessel was Maunganui AWMM Private AWMM 37th Reinforcements, C Company AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Medical notes

Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
Canterbury Infantry Regiment AWMM

Death

9 Jan 1919 AWMM
Age  20 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of wounds AWMM

Cemetery

Brockenhurst (St Nicholas) Churchyard, Hampshire, England AWMM Plot A, Row 5, Grave 20 AWMM

Memorial name

Riwaka Memorial Reserve, corner of State Highway 60 and School Road, Riwaka, Tasman District AWMM

Related Serviceperson

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R16789352
  Further Reference
• Riwaka Memorial, Ministry of Culture & Heritage
  https://nzhistory.govt.nz/memorial/riwaka-war-memorial
  Further Reference
• Website: No 1 New Zealand General Hospital, Brockenhurst
  http://southernlife.org.uk/nzindex.htm
  Further Reference
• Tasman District Council, Riwaka Memorial Reserve
  http://www.tasman.govt.nz/recreation/parks-reserves/park-reserve-locations/riwaka-memorial-reserve-riwaka/
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/362563/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/362563
  Further Reference

References

• Church, C. (2002). New Zealand graves at Brockenhurst : 93 New Zealand soldiers remembered from World War One. Hampshire, England: Author.
• Pugsley, C. (2018). Le Quesnoy, 1918 : New Zealand's Last Battle. Auckland, New Zealand : Oratia.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume IV. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  82: 14
• Marshall, R. (2001). Grooby: notes on the life and times of the Grooby family of Nottinghamshire, England and Motueka, New Zealand. Wellington, N.Z.: Wellington, R. Marshall.
• The Fields of Remembrance Trust: Brothers Field, Auckland Museum (Armistice, 2018)
• NZEF CASUALTIES — LE QUESNOY As noted in the Appendix of Dr Christopher Pugsley’s book: Le Quesnoy 1918: New Zealand’s Last Battle. This list was compiled by Richard Stowers and Herb Farrant, and added to by Christopher Pugsley. Please forward any additional names and details to the author through Oratia Media. The list covers period 1–7 November 1918 and those who died after from wounds received in this period.
• Ferguson, David (1921). The history of the Canterbury Regiment, N.Z.E.F. 1914-1919. Whitcombe and Tombs Ltd: Auckland, N.Z.