DE GRANT, Howard Rupert
| Service Number: | QX17045 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 July 1940, Kelvin Grove, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/3rd Ordnance Stores Company |
| Born: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 2 February 1908 |
| Home Town: | Beaudesert, Scenic Rim, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Christian Brothers School, Queensland |
| Occupation: | Bank Clerk |
| Died: | Illness, Thailand, 20 September 1943, aged 35 years |
| Cemetery: |
Kanchanaburi War Cemetery 1 M 37 |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Beaudesert War Memorial, Nar Nar Goon Commercial Bank of Australia Limited WW2 Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, QX17045, 2nd/3rd Ordnance Stores Company | |
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| 20 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Kelvin Grove, Queensland | |
| 20 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, QX17045 | |
| 20 Sep 1943: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, 2nd/3rd Ordnance Stores Company |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Howard Rupert DE GRANT was born in Brisbane, Queensland on 2nd February, 1908
His parents were Leslie DE GRANT & Selina Elizabeth BROOKES
He died in from Illness in Thailand on 20th September, 1943 - last Rank & Unit was a Sergeant with the 2nd/3rd Ordnance Stores Company - He was a prisoner of War of the Japanese and held in Camp in Malaya
His headstone reads:
'DEARLY LOVED & SADLY MISSED BY MOTHER, BROTHERS & SISTERS'
Howard is buried in the Kanchanaburi War Cemetery
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His brother Leslie Brisbane DE GRANT (SN 2414) served in the Army during WW1 and returned to Australia in 1919 - he also served during WW2 (SN Q124557) as a Captain in the Army with the 1st Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps
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