GRANT, Percy Edward
(Service number 6/3027)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank | Private |
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Birth
| Date | 28/02/1893 | Place of Birth | Duntroon, North Otago |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | 6 December 1915 | Age | |
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| Address at Enlistment | C/- Gas Company, Timaru | ||
| Occupation | Clerk, Gas Co Timaru | ||
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| Marital Status | Single | ||
| Next of Kin | A Grant (father) Elizabeth Street, Timaru | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | 7th Reinforcements | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | Canterbury Infantry Battalion | ||
| Date | 9 October 1915 | ||
| Transport | Aparima or Navua or Warrimoo | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington | Destination | Suez, Egypt |
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Military Awards
| Campaigns | Egypt 1915-16, Egypt Expeditionary Force 1916, Western Europe 1916-18 | ||
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 9 December 1954 | Age | 61 |
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| Place of Death | Australia | ||
| Cause | unknown | ||
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| New Zealand Memorials | On Memorial wall, Timaru (as P Grant) | ||
Biographical Notes
son of Archibald and Louisa Grant nee Simmonds (married 1870). Brother to David Grant died 7 May 1915. Married Janet Annie Bryson, 2 Aug 1917 St Giles, Bloomsberry, England. Possible child RIchard F Grant born Mar qtr 1918 St Giles, England. Returned to NZ 1919
Sources
Auckland War memorial Museum Cenotaph Database (March 2015); Military personnel file via Archives New Zealand (March 2015)
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