GRANT, George Wesley Johnston
| Service Number: | 626 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Brisbane, Qld., 1883 |
| Home Town: | Newcastle, Hunter Region, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Water Policeman |
| Died: | 5 April 1966, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Newcastle District Police HR, Surry Hills NSW Police Force Roll of Honour WW1 |
World War 1 Service
| 18 Oct 1914: | Involvement Corporal, 626, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: '' | |
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| 18 Oct 1914: | Embarked Corporal, 626, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Sydney |
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BACK FROM THE WAR.
PRIVATE G. W. J. GRANT.
Private George W. J. Grant of the Second Battallon of the First Infantry Brigade, who at the time he enllsted was a water police constable at Newcastle, has returned wounded from the front. He had a strenuous time in the trenches at Galliloli. He took part in the historic landing on April 25th, when he sustained a bullet wound in the upper arm. That wound not a serious one, however, and he did not leave the firing line. He was away ill from the trenches for a fortnight in July. On August 18th he was severely wounded at Lone Pine by a bomb. The bomb exploded near his face, inflicting some cuts about his right eye and severely injuring his arm. Early on the following morning he was taken on board a hospltal ship, and was admitted to the 21st General Hospital at Alexandria, being afterwards transferred to No. 3 Auxiliary Hospital at Heliopolls. The steamer which brought him back left there on December 3rd.
The late Constable Hancock of the Newcastle Water Poleice, was a sergeant in-D Company, the same company as Private Grant. Poor "Bluoy" Hancock, as he was known among his friends, was killed at six o'clock on the morning of May 19th, by a bullet in the head. The bullet inflicted a terrible wound, entering above the eye. Captain Wallach, son of Colonol Wallach, Lieutenant Barton, and Sergeant Mahoney, of the same battalion, were killed at about the same spot that day.
Private Grant, who belongs to Brisbane, had naval and military experience prior to joining the Expeditionary Force. He had served five years In the artillery, and five in the navy, in addition to having put in twelve months with a volunteer corps in Brisbane.