Alexander GRANT

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Service Number:	541
Enlisted:	19 August 1914, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	11th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 1878
Home Town:	Kalgoorlie, Kalgoorlie/Boulder, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Miner
Died:	Died of wounds - head, At sea on board HS Rewa, Gallipoli, 1 August 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Panel 33, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula,
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

19 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 541, 11th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA
2 Nov 1914:	Involvement Private, 541, 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, 541, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Fremantle
31 Jul 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 541, 11th Infantry Battalion, Shrapnel wounds to the head
31 Jul 1915:	Wounded ANZAC / Gallipoli

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Son of John Grant and Jane Ann Grant nee Maine of Park Street, Kalgoolie, WA. Brother of Agnes Grant of Chidlows Well, WA

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