Australian Military Units

Brigadier General William Grant, CMG, DSO (Bar), MID

Date of birth	1870-09-30	Pleasant Creek (Stawell), Victoria
Dates studied	1893	Graduated from the University of Melbourne with a Bachelor of Civil Engineering.
Date commissioned	1901-01-01	Commissioned as a lieutenant in the Queensland Mounted Infantry.
Other units	1910	Commander of the 14th Light Horse.
Date promoted	1911-12-18	Promoted from major to lieutenant colonel.
Date and unit at appointment (Officers)	1915-02-11 - 1917-08-13	Joined the AIF and took command of the 11th Light Horse Regiment.
Other units	1915-08-29	Took over command of the 9th Light Horse Regiment, when Lieutenant Colonel Reynell was killed.
Other units	1915-12-02	Sent for duty at the Rest Camp.
Other units	1916-02-22	Took command of the 11th LIght Horse Regiment when it reformed in Egypt.
Date of honour or award	1916-12	Awarded the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) for his part in the Sinai campaign.
Date promoted	1917-08-13	Promoted to temporary brigadier general.
Other units	1917-08-13	Commander of the 3rd Light Horse Brigade.
Date promoted	1917-09-13	Promoted to colonel and temporary brigadier general.
Other units	1917-09-13	Took over command of the 4th Light Horse Brigade.
Date of honour or award	1917-10-31	Awarded the bar to the Distinguished Service Order by General SIr Edmund Allenby for his part in the charge on Beersheba the previous day.
Other units	1917-12-15 - 1918-01-02	Acting Commander of the Australian mounted Division.
Other units	1918-11-08 - 1918-12-24	Commander of the Australian mounted Division.
Date of honour or award	1919	Made a Companion of St Michael and St George (CMG) for his services.
Date of embarkation	1919-04-29	Embarked for Australia.
Other units	1920 - 1925	Commanded the 1st Cavalry brigade.
Other	1928	Retired from the Army.
Date of death	1939-05-25	Southport, Queensland