John Leonard Groat MM (SN 12458) was Ballarat born and educated at Dana Street State School. He was an 18 year old apprentice grocer when he enlisted on October 21st 1915. Under the Senior Cadet scheme he had been training as a medical assistant and stretcher bearer for four years with the Militia so he was posted to the 10th Australian Field Ambulance, Australian Army Medical Corps. During his service in France he had been promoted Lance Corporal, and his gallantry under fire as a stretcher bearer earned him a Military Medal for his bravery and devotion to duty. On the October 16th 1917 he was killed in action near Zonnebeke, Belgium. He has no known grave and is listed on the Menin Gate Memorial. Ypres, Belgium. He was 20 years of age.