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George McGRANE

Regimental number1922
Place of birthSydney, New South Wales
SchoolWest Wallsend Public School, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationMiner
AddressMount Vincent Road, Cessnock, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation31
Next of kinMother, Mrs Margaret Blanch, Mount Vincent Road, Cessnock, New South Wales
Enlistment date3 January 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name34th Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/51/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A15 Port Sydney on 4 September 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll34th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 23 July 1917
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death34
Age at death from cemetery records34
Place of burialKandahar Farm Cemetery (Plot II, Row C, Grave No. 6), Neuve-Eglise, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
124
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Margaret MCGRANE, Mount Vincent Road, Cessnock, New South Wales. Native of Sydney, New South Wales
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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