Maj.
David
Grant
Born in Waihi Bush, New Zealand
Ancestors 
Son of Archibald Peacock Grant
and Louisa Simmonds
Brother of
Rosa Maud Grant, William Simmonds Grant, Archibald Thursday Grant, Louisa (Grant) Flood, Vida Sarah Grant, Janet McEwan (Grant) Hinchcliff, Isabella Pilkington Grant, Margaret Grant and Edward Percy Grant
Husband of
Ann Watt (Liddell) Grant
— married
28 Oct 1902 in Oamaru, Otago, New Zealand
Descendants 
Father of
Marion Louisa (Grant) Webb, David Archibald Grant, John Liddell Grant, William Grant and Greta (Grant) Denny
Died
at age 41
in Gallipoli, Gelibolu, Çanakkale, Turkey
Profile last modified
| Created 19 May 2019
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Biography
David Grant is an Anzac who served in World War One.
This profile is part of the Grant Name Study.
David Grant is a member of Clan Grant.
Maj. David Grant served in the New Zealand Army in World War I
Service started: April 1914
Unit(s): CO 2nd South Canterbury, Canterbury Infantry Battalion. H 314th Infantry, 79th Infantry Division
Service ended: 25 Apr 1915
Service started: April 1914
Unit(s): CO 2nd South Canterbury, Canterbury Infantry Battalion. H 314th Infantry, 79th Infantry Division
Service ended: 25 Apr 1915
Maj. David Grant was Killed in Action during World War I.
Major David Grant was killed at Anzac Cove during the Gallipoli landings on April 25, 1915. Grant was a popular officer and commander of the 2nd (South Canterbury) company of the Canterbury Infantry Battalion. He was killed during the firstwave on April 25,1915 and later buried at Walker’s Ridge Cemetery.
David was born in 1873. He passed away in 1915.
Sources
- The New Zeland Herald April 25, 2019
- First Hand Knowledge given by Greta A Denny to son Bruce Denny as remembered May 19, 2019
- Personal information
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with David:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with David:
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~25.00%
50.00%
Bruce Denny 
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch CU8297646 [compare], yourDNAportal BRU04bc0c69, Ancestry member Beedee28
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch CU8297646 [compare], yourDNAportal BRU04bc0c69, FTDNA kit #N13532
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~1.56%
Luke Simmonds :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member lukersimmonds
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~0.78%
Rainer Macalister :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch RU4895088 [compare]
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~0.78%
Cheryl (Wadsworth) Fraser :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch DL3839681 [compare], Ancestry member cheryl_f_caf
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Lawrence Bailey
Lawrence Bailey
Based on the time and place of death David Grant probably died during the The Gallipoli campaign. For eight long months, New Zealand troops, alongside those from Australia, Great Britain and Ireland, France, India, and Newfoundland battled harsh conditions and Ottoman forces desperately fighting to protect their homeland. By the time the campaign ended, 2779 New Zealanders, about a sixth of all those who had landed on the peninsula had been KIA. I would very much like to see this pursued.
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