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Personal data

• Name GRANT
• Initials GA
• First name GEORGE ALEXANDER
• Place of birth Shieldaig
• Country Ross-shire, Scotland
• Family Son of Duncan and Christina Mackenzie Grant; one sister Margaret, three brothers Hector, John, William;
• Profession Accountant
• Extra info He lied about his age when enlisting (was born in 1879, not in 1882)

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment 23 September 1914, Vancouver
• Service number 28927
• Rank Lance Corporal
• Regiment and unit 16th Bn. Manitoba Regiment (Canadian Scottish) "C" Coy.
• Division - Brigade 3rd Brigade
• Army - Corps - Division 1st Canadian Division
• National force C.E.F.
• Other data related to military career Served with the French Legion for 3.5 years, before WWI; enlisted with the 72nd Seaforth Regiment, later incorporated in the 16th Bn.

Death

• Type of wounds Died of shrapnel wounds on right hand, left leg, thumb and leg amputated in n°10 CCS
• Date of death 18 June 1916
• Died at the age of 39
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery VIII - A - 38A

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