Alex Grant

Service number: 1691

Rank: Corporal

Unit: 18th Battalion

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Source: National Archives of Australia

Alexander Grant was born at Gateshead, England and was a plasterer. He enlisted on 17 May 1915, aged 34, and served in the 18th Battalion.

He embarked on 18 June 1915 and served at Gallipoli. He was promoted to Corporal on 28 November 1915. In October 1916 he was sentenced to 12 months’ imprisonment in military prison for striking an NCO. He rejoined his battalion in September 1917 and was wounded in action on 8 October 1917.

He returned to Australia on the Gaika on 12 May 1918 suffering from neurasthenia. His brother John Grant lived at La Perouse Street, Manly.