Regimental number | 4218 |
Place of birth | Carlton, Melbourne, Victoria |
School | Scotch College, Melbourne, Victoria |
Religion | Presbyterian |
Occupation | Surveyor |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 20 |
Next of kin | Father, A Gray, 581 Collins Street, Melbourne, Victoria |
Previous military service | 19th Battery Australian Field Artillery; Served in Citizen Military Forces 19th Bn |
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll | |
Rank on enlistment | Gunner |
Unit name | Field Artillery Brigade 2, Reinforcement 5 |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 13/30/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A20 Hororata on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Corporal |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 2nd Field Artillery Brigade |
Recommendations (Medals and Awards) |
Military Cross For conspicuous gllantry and initiative in action near Bullecourt in re-organising infantry parties under the enemy's artillery barage after two of his own mortars had been broken up. Recommendation date: |
Fate | Died of wounds |
Place of death or wounding | Passchendaele, Ypres, Belgium |
Age at death | 22.9 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 22 |
Place of burial | Birr Cross Roads Cemetery (Plot I, Row G, Grave No. 23), Zillebeke, Belgium |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 12 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Archibald and Rebecca GRAY, "Coniston", Sycamore Street, Caulfield, Victoria |
Family/military connections | Cousin: Pte GeorgeWyspell, 31st Bn, killed in action Ypres, Belgium, November 1916. |