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GRANT, Eldrick Stuart
Personal Details
| Service Number: | NX14254 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 7 May 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Charleville, Queensland, Australia, 26 March 1919 |
| Home Town: | Canowindra, Cabonne, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Kumawa, New Guinea, 9 October 1943, aged 24 years |
| Cemetery: |
Lae War Cemetery Cemetery/memorial reference: AA. B. 8., Lae War Cemetery, Lae, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Canowindra Memorial Park, Canowindra RSL Honour Roll |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Corporal, NX14254 | |
|---|---|---|
| 7 May 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, NX14254, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion | |
| 7 May 1940: | Enlisted NX14254 | |
| 30 Nov 1940: | Involvement NX14254, 2nd/4th Infantry Battalion, Libya/North Africa | |
| 5 Apr 1941: | Involvement NX14254, 2nd/4th Infantry Battalion, "Operation Lustre" Greece 1941 | |
| 1 Aug 1942: | Involvement NX14254, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, El Alamein, WIA at Tel el Eisa | |
| 9 Oct 1943: | Involvement Corporal, NX14254, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, New Guinea - Huon Peninsula / Markham and Ramu Valley /Finisterre Ranges Campaigns, Mortally wounded near Jivevaneng, New Guinea |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Jeffrey Crisdale
Corporal Eldrick Stuart "Larry" Grant was a Section leader of 10 Platoon, "B" Company, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion. He was mortally wounded by a Japanese "Woodpecker" heavy machine gun, while leading his section in an assault up a steep, heavily defended hill near Jivevaneng, New Guinea.
(Source: Page 252 of the publication "A History of 2/17 Australian Infantry Battalion 1940-1945)