David Proudfoot GRAY

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GRAY, David Proudfoot

Service Number:	8629
Enlisted:	19 July 1915, Keswick, South Australia, Australia
Last Rank:	Driver
Last Unit:	5th Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Sinclairtown, Kirkcaldy, Scotland, 1884
Home Town:	Adelaide, South Australia
Schooling:	Sinclairtown Kirkaldy, Scotland
Occupation:	Blacksmith, South Australian Railways
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 19 October 1917
Cemetery:	Perth Cemetery (China Wall), Ypres Plot 4 Row K Grave 5,
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Adelaide South Australian Railways WW1 & WW2 Honour Boards, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Unley U.A.O.D. Carstens Lodge No 60 Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

19 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Keswick, South Australia, Australia
22 Nov 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Driver, 8629, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: ''
22 Nov 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Driver, 8629, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Persic, Melbourne
19 Oct 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Driver, 8629, 5th Field Artillery Brigade , Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 8629 awm_unit: 5th Australian Field Artillery Brigade awm_rank: Driver awm_died_date: 1917-10-19
Date unknown:	Involvement 8629, 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column

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Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

5th Brigade Australian Field Artillery

He was 33 and the son of Elizabeth Currie Proudfoot Gray, of 50, Rosabelle St., Kirkcaldy, and the late James Gray. He is one of some 20 Australian casualties of the Great War who are commemorated on the Kirkcaldy War Memorial.

Biography

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British war Medal, Victory Medal.

The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA: 1889 - 1931) Thursday 29 November 1917

DIED ON ACTIVE SERVICE.

GRAY.—On the 19th October, killed in action in France, Gnr. David Proudfoot Gray. "His duty nobly done."—Inserted, by the Members of the Locomotive Bowling Club.

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