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John Alexander GRANT

Regimental number1735
Place of birthMorayshire, Scotland
SchoolGrantown on Spry, Morayshire, Scotland
Age on arrival in Australia19
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressAlliance Hotel, Park Street, Sydney, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation26
Next of kinFather, John Grant, Dulmain Bridge, Grantown-on-Spey, Scotland
Previous military serviceServed in Territorials at Grantown on Spry
Enlistment date20 August 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name30th Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/47/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A35 Berrima on 17 December 1915
Rank from Nominal RollLance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll45th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 23 January 1917
Place of death or woundingDied in Hospital
Age at death27
Age at death from cemetery records27
Place of burialSt. Sever Cemetery Extension (Block O, Plot IV, Row D, Grave No. 12), Rouen, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
139
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Annie GRANT, Duackside, Nethy Bridge, Inverness-shire, Scotland. Native of Elgin, Scotland
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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