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Biography
Private James Grace was born September 24, 1888 in Upper Springfield, Antigonish County. He was the son of John Grace and Johanna Duggan. His brothers Benjamin Grace, John Henry Grace and Walter Grace were also veterans of the First World War. In 1907, Grace moved to the United States and was working as a linesman in Boston Massachusetts at the time of his enlistment in 1918.
Grace enlisted as a sapper for the 1st Depot Battalion of the 1st Quebec Regiment Canadian February 7, 1918 in Montréal, Québec. Grace arrived in Liverpool, England May 28, 1918 on the S.S. Melita. He was transferred to the 23rd Canadian Reserve Battalion in Bramshott, England and served in Bramshott and Seaford, England. Grace returned to Canada on the S.S. Carmania in Liverpool, February 1, 1919. He was discharged due to demobilization February 27, 1919 in Montréal, Québec.
Following the war, Grace continued to work as a linesman in Massachusetts. In 1919 he married Amy G. Dunn; a milliner in Boston, and by 1920 they were living in Quincy, Massachusetts where they continued to reside for over 20 years. Grace died in April of 1973 in Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts. He is buried in Mount Wollaston Cemetery, Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.
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