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Stanley William GRANT

Regimental number4500
Place of birthViolet Town, Victoria
SchoolKoonda State School, Victoria
Age on arrival in Australia22.5
ReligionMethodist
OccupationCoachbuilder
AddressKoomba via Violet Town, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Height5' 6.25"
Weight126 lbs
Next of kinFather, Mr G D Grant, Koomba via Violet Town, Victoria
Previous military serviceServed ifor 1 year in the Senior Cadets; 3 years in the 56th Bn, Yarra Borderers, Citizen Military Forces.
Enlistment date12 July 1915
Place of enlistmentMelbourne, Victoria
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name7th Battalion, 14th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/24/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A32 Themistocles on 28 January 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll57th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 20 July 1916
Age at death22.5
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialRue-Du-Bois Military Cemetery (Plot I, Row B, Grave No. I), Fleurbaix, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
163
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: George and Janet GRANT, Koonda, Victoria
Family/military connectionsBrother: 266 Pte John Ernest GRANT, 10th Motor Transport Company, returned to Australia, 12 May 1919.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Embarked Melbourne, 28 January 1916; disembarked Suez, 28 February 1916.

Transferred to 57th Bn from 2nd Training Bn, Zeitoun, 29 March 1916; taken on strength of 57th Bn, Ferry Post, 1 April 1916.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 17 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 24 June 1916.

Killed in action, 20 July 1916.

Buried at Rue du Bois Cemetery by Reverend G.W.B. Statt, no date stated.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, GRANT Stanley William

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