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John Wesley GRANT

Regimental number1948
Place of birthnr Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa
SchoolGovernment School and Private School, Heilborn, Orange Free State, South Africa
Age on arrival in Australia14
ReligionMethodist
OccupationFarmer
AddressYork, Western Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Next of kinMrs B Grant, Cornubia, York, Western Australia
Enlistment date29 January 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name11th Battalion, 5th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/28/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A20 Hororata on 26 April 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll11th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 30 June 1917
Place of death or woundingBullecourt, France
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialBrookwood Military Cemetery (Plot XI, Row C, Grave No. 19), Surrey, England
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
62
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Benjamin and Lilla GRANT,84 Third Avenue, Mount Lawley, Western Australia. Native of South Africa
Family/military connectionsBrother: 5845 Sergeant Robert Hannibal GRANT DCM, 27th Bn, killed in action, 3 October 1918.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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