LEST WE FORGET
Aircraftman Class I Charles Edward GROVES
Service No: 119887
Born: Perth WA, 6 February 1915
Enlisted in the RAAF: 17 October 1942 (at Melbourne VIC)
Unit: No. 4 School of Technical Training, Exhibition Building, North Terrace, Adelaide SA
Died: Illness, Adelaide SA, 19 December 1942, Aged 27 Years
Buried: Adelaide (Centennial Park) Cemetery SA
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Charles Edward and Elizabeth Louise Groves, of Richmond, Victoria
Roll of Honour: Richmond VIC
Remembered: Panel 117, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 19 December 1942, Aircraftman Class I Groves, a Trainee Technician, died of cerebro-spinal meningitis at the Northfield Infectious Hospital, Adelaide.
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records (RAAF Casualty Information compiled by Alan Storr (409804))
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 163/119/55