Date of action: 1 Sep 1918 (near Bancourt, France); Date of award: 27 Nov 1918
Sergeant John Grant received the VC for his conduct on 1 September 1918 as the New Zealand Division advanced near Bapaume. When his battalion attacked German machine-gun positions on Bancourt Ridge, Grant and another soldier rushed the guns, leaping into the machine-gun post in the centre of the defences to destroy it. He then eliminated a nearby position in a similar fashion. Read more
John Gildroy Grant, 1918
Date of action: 1 Sep 1918 (near Bancourt, France); Date of award: 27 Nov 1918
Sergeant John Grant received the VC for his conduct on 1 September 1918 as the New Zealand Division advanced near Bapaume. When his battalion attacked German machine-gun positions on Bancourt Ridge, Grant and another soldier rushed the guns, leaping into the machine-gun post in the centre of the defences to destroy it. He then eliminated a nearby position in a similar fashion. Read more