Godfrey GROVES

Regimental number46927
OccupationScheelite miner
Next of kinMother, Mrs H Groves, Glenorchy, Lake Wakatipu
Rank on embarkationLance Corporal
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 25th Reinforcements, Otago Infantry Regiment, D Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT Tofua on 26 April 1917
Final rankPrivate
Final unit2nd Battalion, Otago Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 3 September 1918
Place of burialLebucquiere Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot IV, Row D, Grave No 21), France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Mother: Mrs H. Groves, 143 Forbury Road, St Clair, Dunedin
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 62, p. 13