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Douglas Grant
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This article is about the Australian Aboriginal soldier. For the Canadian hockey player, see Doug Grant (ice hockey). For the writer who used this as a pen name, see Isabel Ostrander.
Douglas Grant (1885 – 4 December 1951) was an Aboriginal Australian soldier, draughtsman, public servant, journalist, public speaker, and factory worker.[1] During World War I, he was captured by the German army and held as a prisoner of war at Wittenberg, and later at Wünsdorf, Zossen, near Berlin.[2]
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Douglas Grant | |
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![]() World War I veteran Douglas Grant sitting on the wall of a commemorative model of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, Callan Park, where he worked as a clerk. Photo taken by Sam Hood in 1931. | |
Born | 1885 Atherton |
Died | 4 December 1951(1951-12-04) (aged 65–66) Little Bay |
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Allegiance | Australian |
Service/ | Army |
Rank | Private |
Unit | 13th Battalion |
Battles/wars | World War I |
Relations | Robert Grant and Elizabeth Grant, foster brother Henry S Grant |
Other work | Labourer |
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