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GRANT, Claude Ewen
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 5399 |
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| Enlisted: | 2 February 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 11th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Bulong, Western Australia, 1897 |
| Home Town: | Kalgoorlie, Kalgoorlie/Boulder, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | South Kalgoorlie, Western Australia |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 6 May 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial France, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kalgoorlie Central School Honour Roll, Kalgoorlie St John's Anglican Church Honour Roll, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 2 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5399, 11th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 17 Apr 1916: | Involvement Private, 5399, 11th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
| 17 Apr 1916: | Embarked Private, 5399, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Fremantle |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Son of John Grant, of Harper Terrace, Midland Junction, Western Australian, and the late Lillian Amelia May Grant. Born at Bulong, Western Australia, his mother passed away at Kalgoorlie in 1906 when Claude was only 9 years of age.
Claude enlisted at age 18 years 8 months 11th Battalion, died at only 19 years of age. His identity disc was sent home to his father during April 1918.
His two brothers, Leslie William Grant, died 29 April 1915, Gallipoli; Harold Isadore Grant, 44th Bn, killed in action 8 August 1918.