John Gildroy Grant

Forenames

John Gildroy AWMM

Surname

Grant AWMM

Also known as

John Gilroy AWMM

Service number

WWI 10/2950 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

26 Aug 1889 AWMM

Address before enlistment

WW1 Pre Jun 1915 AWMM Hawera, New Zealand AWMM

Post war occupation

Builder/Civilian AWMM

Next of kin

WW1 Mrs J. Grant (mother), Princess Street, Hawera, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 09 Oct 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

• 1914-1919 AWMM Western Front AWMM
• 1914-1916 AWMM Egypt AWMM
• 1918 AWMM Le Quesnoy AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 10/2950 AWMM

Military service

Territorial Force until 1929 AWMM

Medals and Awards

• Victoria Cross (VC) AWMM
  London Gazette 27 November 1918, Supplement 31034 p.14040 "For most conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty near Bancourt on the 1st September 1918, when sergeant in command of a platoon forming part of the leading waves of the battalion attacking the high ground to the east of Bancourt. On reaching the crest it was found that a line of five enemy machine-gun posts offered a serious obstacle to further advance. Under point-blank fire, however, the company advanced against these posts. When about twenty yards from the posts Sergeant Grant, closely followed by a comrade, rushed forward ahead of his platoon, and with great dash and bravery entered the centre post, demoralizing the garrison and enabling the men of his platoon to mop up the position, In the same manner he rushed the post on the left, and the remaining posts were quickly occupied and cleared by his company. Throughout the whole operation on this and two previous days Sergeant Grant displayed coolness, determination, and valour of the highest order, and set a splendid example to all." AWMM
• 1914-1915 Star AWMM
• British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM
• Victory Medal AWMM
• Coronation Medal 1937 AWMM
• Coronation Medal ER 1953 AWMM

Military training

Officer training at Cambridge, England in October 1918 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Jun 1915 AWMM
Age  24 AWMM
Builder/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 09 Oct 1915-30 Nov 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 32 AWMM Vessel was Aparima AWMM Private AWMM Wellington Infantry Battalion AWMM 7th Reinforcements AWMM

Medical notes

Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
Wounded November 1918 AWMM

Last rank

WW1 2nd Lieutenant/Military AWMM
Wellington Infantry Regiment AWMM

Death

25 Nov 1970 AWMM
Age  82 AWMM

Cemetery

Plot 95, Row 9, Soldiers Burial M, Waikumete Cemetery, Glen Eden, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Obituary

Death Notice: New Zealand Herald, 26 November 1970 AWMM

Memorial name

Dunedin, Victoria Cross winners' plaque, Queens Gardens, Dunedin, New Zealand AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Auckland Council. West (Waikumete) burial and cremation records search
  http://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/EN/parksfacilities/cemeteries/Pages/westcemeterysearch.aspx
  Sources Used
• National Army Museum, Waiouru
  http://www.armymuseum.co.nz/pdf/Grant_BIO.pdf
  Further Reference
• National Archives of New Zealand, National Collection of War Art. Portrait.
  http://warart.archives.govt.nz/node/586
  Further Reference
• Birkenhead (Auckland) Returned Services Association website. Victoria Cross.
  http://www.birkenheadrsa.com/victoria-cross.html
  Further Reference
• FindaGrave website. Waikumete Cemetery headstone image, biography.
  http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=7033151
  Further Reference
• Birkenhead (Auckland) Returned Services Association website. Victoria Cross.
  http://www.birkenheadrsa.com/victoria-cross.html
  Further Reference
• Bringing It Home Taranaki and World War One 17 April-26 July 2015, Puke Ariki
  http://pukeariki.com/Exhibitions/Bringing-It-Home
  Further Reference
• Military Personnel File
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R23523703
  Further Reference
• Miltary Personnel File
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R23513646
  Further Reference
• Wikidata Entity
  http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q6235333
  Further Reference
• London Gazette
  https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/31034/supplement/14040
  Further Reference

References

• The Register of the Victoria Cross. (1997). (3rd ed.). Cheltenham, England: This England.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Vol1: 277
• Auckland Museum Armoury Resource Centre, Biographical vertical file
• Harper, G., & Richardson, C. (2006). In the face of the enemy: The complete history of the Victoria Cross and New Zealand. Auckland, N.Z.: HarperCollins NZ.
  p.126
• The New Zealand Herald
  Death Notice: 26 November 1970
• Dry Rations, or, The Aparima Apparition : with which is incorporated the Waikanae wash-out and The Tauherenikau trumpeter : unofficial organ of the 7th Rfts, Transport No. 32
• McDonald, W. (2013). Honours and Awards to the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the Great War, 1914-1918. (3rd ed.). Hamilton, N.Z.: Richard Stowers.
  p. 98
• The Le Quesnoy Campaign research was undertaken by the New Zealand Society of Genealogists as part of the development of New Zealand Liberation Museum - Te Arawhata (Le Quesnoy France). This research project was led by CJ Barbour (NZSG), BI Silvester, HH Farrant (NZMHS) with the support of NZSG volunteers (2022). The individuals included in this research dataset were identified as potentially having served in or around the wider Le Quesnoy campaign. Their presence at Le Quesnoy has not been individually verified in every case.