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William GRANT

Regimental number5105
Place of birthLondon, England
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationButcher
Address363 Bourke Street, Darlinghurst, Sydney, New South Wales
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation25
Next of kinWife, Mrs F Grant, 363 Bourke Street, Darlinghurst, Sydney, New South Wales
Enlistment date1 December 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name1st Battalion, 16th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/18/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT SS Makarini on 1 April 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll1st Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 20 April 1919
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Grant and Elizabeth GRANT
Discharge date26 July 1919
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal Enlisted at Sydney

Served three years 202 days (three years 72 days of which were spent abroad)
Date of death22 December 1941
Age at death51
Place of burialBotany Cemetery, New South Wales

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