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Grant Aaron Lockhart
Grant Aaron Lockhart
Service No.
444512
55th Battalion/ Royal Canadian Regiment
Date of Birth:
April 23, 1896
Place of Birth:
South Hampton, Cumberland Co., NS
Age at Enlistment:
19
Date of Enlistment:
May 14, 1915
Place of Enlistment:
Sussex, New Brunswick
Trade:
Labourer
Next of Kin:
Myrtle Lockhart (Sister)
Grant Aaron Lockhart served for three years with the 55th Battalion and the
Royal Canadian Regiment in France. He was wounded in action with severe gunshots
to the neck and invalided home to Canada. Following his recovery he re-enlisted at the
age of 22 on April 24, 1918 at Aldershot, Nova Scotia.
During WWII he enlisted and served in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. Following the end
of WWII he also served with the Yarmouth Police force.