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• Name GROAK
• Initials H
• First name HENRY
• Place of birth Batley
• Country West Yorkshire, England
• Family Son of Patrick and Bridget; three brothers, Michael, James and Francis; five sisters, Mary, Maggie, Elizabeth, Nellie and Agnes; Michael and James also died while serving. Alternative spelling of his name GROARK/ROURKE
• Profession Hurrier in a coal mine

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment Dewsbury
• Service number 18810
• Rank Private
• Regiment and unit 8th Bn. King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
• Division - Brigade 70th Brigade
• Army - Corps - Division 23rd Division
• National force B.E.F.
• Other data related to military career to France 11 September 1915

Death

• Date of death 19 September 1917
• Died at the age of 25
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XIX - A - 2

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