Leslie Michael GRANT

GRANT, Leslie Michael

Service Number: 587
Enlisted: 11 October 1916, Brisbane, Qld.
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 11th Machine Gun Company
Born: Brisbane, Qld., 8 June 1895
Home Town: Redcliffe, Moreton Bay, Queensland
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Butcher
Died: 1 April 1957, aged 61 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Caboolture Cemetery, Moreton Bay, Queensland
Memorials: Redcliffe Humpybong Roll of Honor, Woody Point Honour Roll
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World War 1 Service

11 Oct 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 587, 11th Machine Gun Company, Brisbane, Qld.
11 May 1917: Involvement Private, 587, 11th Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
11 May 1917: Embarked Private, 587, 11th Machine Gun Company, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Leslie's parents were Bernard James Grant and Mary Ursula Brennan. The Grant family had a successful butchery business in Redcliffe where Leslie was working at the time of his enlistment. Leslie married Josephine Smith in 1925 and later in life Leslie and his wife managed various Grant family enterprises including the Redcliffe Ice Works in MacDonnell Road.