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Captain William Grant Print Page 
Captain William Grant : 30-August-2014
Photographs supplied by Sandra Brown
The marble plaque commemorates Captain William Grant who was killed in the Maori Wars in 1845.
The period from 1845 to 1872 saw Pakeha and Māori involved in conflict in various parts of New Zealand, including the Bay of Islands, the Waikato, Poverty Bay and Taranaki. These conflicts, some isolated and others related, are known collectively as the New Zealand Wars.
Location
| Address: | 195 Church Street, St John`s Anglican Church, Parramatta, 2150 |
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| State: | NSW |
| Area: | AUS |
| GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -33.815936 Long: 151.002864 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate. |
Details
| Monument Type: | Plaque |
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| Monument Theme: | People |
| Sub-Theme: | Military |
| Actual Event Start Date: | 01-July-1845 |
| Actual Event End Date: | 01-July-1845 |
| Designer: | Patter (Sydney NSW) |
| Link: | http://www.warmemorialsregister.nsw… |
Dedication
Front Inscription
Source: NRWM, MASacred to the memory of Captain William Grant of Her Majesty`s 58th Regiment who fell on the 1st July 1845
Aged 33 years
While gallantly leading a party of his Corps to the assault upon the Pah at Ohaewai New Zealand.
This tablet is erected by his brother Officers as a slight token of esteem and to commemorate the loss of a good soldier and a warm friend
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