Branch of Service

Army

Conflict

World War I (1914-1918)

Date of Enlistment

03/11/1914

Date of Discharge

13/09/1916

Place of Enlistment

Royal Military College, Duntroon ACT

Gender

Male

Date of Birth

28/06/1895

Place of Birth

Sydney NSW

Address (at enlistment)

Royal Military College, Duntroon ACT

Occupation

Soldier

Next of Kin

William Granger (father), Keilor, Victoria

Final Rank

Lieutenant

Final Unit

13 Battalion AIF

Granger was a member of the guard of honour at the naming ceremony at Canberra on 12 March 1913. His class was graduated early on 2 November 1914 and he joined the 13th Battalion as a Lieutenant shortly afterwards. Granger landed on Gallipoli late on 25 April and was wounded in action the next day, probably near Quinns Post, when his left arm was "shattered". The Queanbeyan Age reported that he had been killed in action. After hospital treatment in England, Granger returned to Australia in early 1916 and although he resumed duties in May that year, his appointment was terminated in September 1916. Granger served in the Volunteer Defence Corps in World War 2. He was living in Long Jetty NSW when he died on 26 August 1967 aged 72 years.

Colonel J.E. Lee, 'Duntroon: The Royal Military College of Australia 1911-1946', 1952
NAA RecordSearch - Series B2455 (First Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1914-1920)
Queanbeyan Age - 7 May 1915
Stories from the ACT Memorial, 'The Honour Guard at the Canberra Commencement Ceremony', ACT Heritage Library www.library.act.gov.au/find/history/stories_from_the_act_memorial