Charles Keith GRANT

Regimental number10/2163
Date of birth7 June 1889
Place of birthTorquay, Devon, England
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationCheesemaker
AddressHurleyville
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation25
Height5' 8.5"
Weight143 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs Eliza Kate Grant, 90 Union Street, Torquay, Devon, England
Previous military serviceServed in the 7th Devon Cyclists' Bn, Territorial Force, England; resigned on leaving the country; not serving in any military unit at time of NZEF enlistment.
Enlistment date15 February 1915
Place of enlistmentTrentham
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 5th Reinforcements, Wellington Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Maunganui on 13 June 1915
Final rankPrivate
Final unitWellington Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 8 August 1915
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burialEmbarkation Pier Cemetery (Special Memorial B. 22), Gallipoli, Turkey
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Mrs E.K. Grant, and the late Arthur Grant, 90 Union Street, Torquay, England
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Reported missing, 8 August 1915.

Board of Enquiry, held at Moascar Camp, Ismailia, 16 January 1916, concluded: 'Now believed to be dead.'

War service: 175 days (of which 57 days were abroad)

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Wellington Infantry Batln/Fifth
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 16788026

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