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Ernest Meredith McGREGOR

Regimental number2880
Place of birthWilliamstown, Victoria
SchoolNorth State School No. 1409 Williamstown, Victoria
ReligionCongregational
OccupationLabourer
AddressNorth Williamstown, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Next of kinMother, Mrs M A McGregor, 31 Dover Street, North Williamstown, Victoria
Previous military serviceServed in the Citizens Forces
Enlistment date5 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name8th Battalion, 9th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/25/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board SS Makarini on 15 September 1915
FateDied of disease 11 October 1915
Place of death or woundingSuez, Eygpt (Died of Meningitis)
Age at death19.8
Age at death from cemetery records19
Place of burialSuez War Memorial Cemetery (Row C, Grave No. 37), Egypt
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
53
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Mary MCGREGOR, 31 Dover Street, Williamstown, Victoria
Family/military connectionsPTE, A Rivell, CO, DOW. PTE S Symons, CO, KIA

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