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Private WILMOT ROBERT GROOBY

Service Number: 31491
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Canterbury Regiment, N.Z.E.F.

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 12 August 1917

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

NIEPPE COMMUNAL CEMETERY

V. B. 3.

France

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  • Secondary Unit, Regiment attd. New Zealand Division Employment Company
  • Country of Service New Zealand
  • Additional Info Son of George and Rhoda Grooby, of Pangatotara, New Zealand.
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NIEPPE COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Nord France
Number of casualties: 62
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