GRANT, Folsch Newenham
| Service Number: | 3053 |
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| Enlisted: | 24 October 1916, Sydney Show Ground |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 35th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, 22 October 1890 |
| Home Town: | Coffs Harbour, Coffs Harbour, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Public School, Bellingen, NSW |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 5 April 1918, aged 27 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Coffs Harbour Roll of Honor, Stroud Cenotaph, Stroud St. John the Evangelist Church Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 24 Oct 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3053, 35th Infantry Battalion, Sydney Show Ground | |
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| 24 Jan 1917: | Involvement Private, 3053, 35th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: '' | |
| 24 Jan 1917: | Embarked Private, 3053, 35th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Sydney | |
| 5 Apr 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 35th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Sharyn Roberts
Folsch Newenham GRANT was born on 22nd October , 1890 in Coffs Harbour , New South Wales
His parents were William Henry GRANT and Frances Anne HAMMERTON who married in 1886 in Balmain, Sydney
He had previous experience in the Coffs harbour Rifle club for 9 months before he enlisted on 24th October 1916 for WW1
He embarked with the 35th Battalion, 7th reinforcements on the HMAT Anchises on 24th January, 1917
Folsch was Killed in Action on 5th April, 1918 in France - no known grave
His name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial and the Villers Bretonneux Memorial - he was awarded the British War Medal and the Victory Medal.
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