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Lewis Grant

Portrait from The Weekly News; 6 August 1941 - This image may be subject to copyright

Portrait from The Weekly News; 6 August 1941 - This image may be subject to copyright

Identity

  • Title
    Mr Public - Linda Allyson - Direct descendant - 25 May 2017 - As he was my grandfather. I also have his birth certificate.
    At birth he was named Louise Lindeman Granjux which he changed later
  • Forenames
    • Lewis AWMM
    • Louis Linderman Public - Linda Allyson - Direct descendant - 25 May 2017 - As he was my grandfather. I also have his birth certificate.
      At birth he was named Louise Lindeman Granjux which he changed later
  • Surname
    • Grant AWMM
    • Grant Public - Linda Allyson - Direct descendant - 25 May 2017 - As he was my grandfather. I also have his birth certificate.
      At birth he was named Louise Lindeman Granjux which he changed later
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    30552 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Howell Avenue, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs L. Grant (wife), Howell Avenue, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Unknown AWMM Married AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
  • Campaign
    1941 Crete AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    30552 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 Unknown AWMM Taxi proprietor/Civilian AWMM
    AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
    WW2
    3 September 1942 AWMM
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Lewis Grant was the son of Henry and Merci Grant; husband of Eileen Elizabeth Grant. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    2 June 1941 AWMM
    Age 34 AWMM
    CreteGreece AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Athens Memorial, Phaleron War Cemetery, Athens, Greece AWMM

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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
    Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
    https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2106373
    Sources Used
  • References
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 2 (Embarkations to 30th June, 1940). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 2: 73 AWMM
    • List of 2NZEF Prisoners of War. 1941-1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 2009/8. AWMM
    • Henderson, J. (1958). 22 Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM

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25 May 2017Linda AllysonAustraliaDirect descendant

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