Leslie William GRANT

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Service Number:	656
Enlisted:	18 August 1914, Enlisted at Helena Vale, WA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	11th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1895
Home Town:	Kalgoorlie, Kalgoorlie/Boulder, Western Australia
Schooling:	South Kalgoorlie, Western Australia
Occupation:	Miner
Died:	Wounds To Abdomen, At sea on board HMT Galeka, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 29 April 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, buried at sea Panel 33, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey, Courtney's and Steel's Post Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Boulder Goldfields First Enlistments WWI Roll of Honor, Kalgoorlie Boulder 84th Infantry Goldfields Regiment Roll of Honour, Kalgoorlie Central School Honour Roll, Kalgoorlie St John's Anglican Church Honour Roll, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

18 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 656, 11th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Helena Vale, WA
2 Nov 1914:	Involvement Private, 656, 11th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
2 Nov 1914:	Embarked Private, 656, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Fremantle

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Son of John Grant of 1552 Whitlock Street, South Kalgoolie, WA

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

Also served in the Citizen Forces

Brothers 5399 Private Ewan Claude Grant 11th Battalion killed in action at Bullecourt 6 May 1917, age 19.

3592A Private Harold Isadore Grant 44th Battalion killed in action at Amiens 8 August 1918, age 25.

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