GRANT, Alexander Arthur
| Service Number: | 5023 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 33rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Gosford, New South Wales, Australia, 23 August 1892 |
| Home Town: | Artarmon, Willoughby, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Railway Ticket Collector |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 4 September 1918, aged 26 years |
| Cemetery: |
Mont Huon Military Cemetery, le Treport, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 5 Jul 1916: | Involvement Private, 5023, 20th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ajana embarkation_ship_number: A31 public_note: '' | |
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| 5 Jul 1916: | Embarked Private, 5023, 20th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ajana, Sydney | |
| 23 Aug 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5023, 33rd Infantry Battalion, Died of gunshot wound | |
| 4 Sep 1918: | Involvement Private, 5023, 33rd Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 5023 awm_unit: 33rd Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-09-04 |
Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board
Alexander Arthur GRANT, (Service Number 5023) was born on 23 August 1892 at Gosford. He began working with the NSW Railways as a probationer in the Traffic Branch in March 1908. The next year he had progressed to be a junior porter and then a porter in Sydney once he had turned 21. By July 1915 he had progressed further to be designated as a ticket collector. It was from this role that he was granted leave in November 1915 to join the Expeditionary Forces.
He received a gunshot wound to his head on 23 August near Bray in France and although the sniper’s bullet was removed with a magnet, he died of those wounds on 4 September 1918.
Submitted 8 August 2023 by John Oakes
Biography contributed by John Oakes
Alexander Arthur GRANT (Service Number 5023) was born on 23rd August 1892 at Gosford. He began working with the NSW Railways as a probationer in the Traffic Branch in March 1908. The next year he progressed to be a junior porter and then a porter in Sydney once he had turned 21. By July 1915 he had progressed further to be designated as a ticket collector. It was from this role that he was granted leave in November 1915 to join the Expeditionary Forces. He enlisted at Casula immediately. He was not married, giving at first his mother then later his father, who were living at Artarmon, as his next of kin.
He left Australia from Sydney on 5th July 1916 aboard HMAT ‘Ajana’, and reached Plymouth (England) on 31st August. In England he was taken on the strength of the 36th Australian Infantry Battalion.
He was confined to barracks for 14 days after disobeying an order but went to France on 22nd November 1916. He served in France continuously, except for detachments to training schools and headquarters, and for short periods of leave in England.
He received a gunshot wound to his head on 23 August 1918 near Bray. Although the sniper’s bullet was removed with a magnet, he died of those wounds on 4th September 1918.
He was buried at Mount Huon Cemetery, Le Treport, France.
- based on notes for the Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board