Edith Emily Isobel GRANT
Service
number: QF268557. Age:
44 years 10 months. Enlisted: 12 Jan 1942.
Occupation: Home duties. Next of kin: (father) Mr Justinian
Herbert Grant.
Address
on enlistment: Bribie Island.
6
Jan 1944, Gaythorne. Australian Women’s Army Service (AWAS)
members of 2 Australian Returned Stores Depot, Textile Workshops,
examining reconditioned clothing preparatory to storing. [1]
examining reconditioned clothing preparatory to storing. [1]
Photo
from Edith Grant’s service record.
Service
Summary:
12 Jan 1942: 3 Ordnance Depot and 2 Stores
Depot at Brisbane and Wallangarra.
18 Apr 1944: Discharged.
Life
Summary:
Edith Grant (1898-1982) was born 24 Feb 1898 at Allora, the youngest
child of Justinian Herbert Grant (1868-1952) and Anna Frederika Jeserich
(1869-1935). Edith Grant’s father Justinian Grant moved to Bribie Island after the death of
his wife.
After her military service, Edith resided
at 19 Banya street with her father, whom she looked after until his death in
1952, aged 85. Edith had been associated with Bribie Island for over 50 years
when she died 15 Apr 1982, aged 84.
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