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Harold Douglas GRANT

Regimental number20985
Date of birth9 November 1882
Place of birthUnited Kingdom
SchoolTamworth area, Werris Creek (left 1895), Newcastle area
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationStationmaster
AddressAwaba, New South Wales
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation34
Next of kinWife, Mrs Minnie Elizabeth Jane Grant, Awaba, Newcastle, New South Wales
Enlistment date2 July 1917
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll2 July 1917
Rank on enlistmentSapper
Unit nameDivisional Signal Company 4, Reinforcement 19
AWM Embarkation Roll number22/14/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A71 Nestor on 21 November 1917
Rank from Nominal RollSapper
Unit from Nominal Roll3rd Divisional Signal Company
FateReturned to Australia 4 July 1919
Family/military connectionsBrothers: [1654] Lt John GRANT, 36th Bn, returned to Australia, 2 December 1919; 12501 Corporal William Edward GRANT, Norfolk Regiment, killed in action, France, 2 November 1915; Uncle: 2169 Pte Arthur Crackle GRANT, 2nd Remount Unit, returned to Australia, 29 April 1916.
Other details

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Also served as a Warrant Officer, Hay area, in World War II.
Date of death10 June 1953
Age at death70
Place of burialWar Memorial Section, Beresfield Cemetery, New South Wales

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