Norman Allan GRANT

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GRANT, Norman Allan

Service Number:	967
Enlisted:	12 June 1915, Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	24th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Staghorn Flat, Victoria, Australia, December 1893
Home Town:	Yackandandah, Indigo, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Tailors presser
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 5 October 1918
Cemetery:	Calvaire Cemetery, Montbrehain, France Row C, Grave No. 2),, Calvaire Cemetery, Montbrehain, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Staghorn Flat Avenue Of Honour Memorial, Yackandandah Staghorn Flat State School Pictorial Honour Roll

World War 1 Service

12 Jun 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 967, Melbourne, Victoria
20 Aug 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 967, 13th Light Horse Regiment, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: ''
20 Aug 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 967, 13th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Kyarra, Melbourne
27 Sep 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 24th Infantry Battalion
20 Jun 1918:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal
4 Aug 2017:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 24th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by John Edwards

"...967 Private Norman Allen Grant, 3rd Reinforcements, 13th Light Horse Regiment, of Wodonga, Vic. Pte Grant enlisted on 6 July 1915 and embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Kyarra on 20 August 1915. He later served as a corporal and was killed in action on 5 October 1918 at Montbrehain, France, while serving with the 24th Battalion." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)

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