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Harold GRAY

Regimental number894
Place of birthGeelong, Victoria
SchoolAshby School, Geelong, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationBuilder
Address'Netly', Werribee, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Next of kinMother, Mrs Annie Myrie Gray, Tolarno, Wentworth, New South Wales
Enlistment date5 February 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name39th Battalion, C Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/56/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A11 Ascanius on 27 May 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll39th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 18 October 1917
Place of death or woundingPasschendaele, Ypres, Belgium
Age at death26
Age at death from cemetery records26
Place of burialWimereux Communal Cemetery (Plot VI, Row D, Grave No. 30), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
131
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Francis and Annie GRAY, third Avenue, Sefton Park, Adelaide, South Australia. Native of Geelong, Victoria
Family/military connectionsBrother: Pte F.W. Gray no. 2197, 46th Bn,killed Bullecourt, France 11 April 1917.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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