Richard Henry GRAY

GRAY, Richard Henry

    Service Number: 563
    Enlisted: 6 December 1915, Enlisted at Toowoomba, QLD
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 42nd Infantry Battalion
    Born: Spring Valley, Queensland, Australia, 1897
    Home Town: Pittsworth, Toowoomba, Queensland
    Schooling: State School, Queensland
    Occupation: Farmer
    Died: Killed in Action, Belgium, 23 June 1917
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    No known grave Panels - 7 - 17 - 23 - 25 - 27 - 29 - 31 , Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Brisbane 42nd Infantry Battalion AIF Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Pittsworth Great War Honoured Dead
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    World War 1 Service

    6 Dec 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 563, 42nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Toowoomba, QLD
    5 Jun 1916: Involvement Private, 563, 42nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: ''
    5 Jun 1916: Embarked Private, 563, 42nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Borda, Sydney

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of John and Margaret Elizabeth Gray, c/- the Post Office, Pittsworth, QLD; brother of Driver Alfred James Gray who returned to Australia on the 6 July 1919; Driver George Gray who returned to Australia on the 7 January 1919; Reginald Gray date of return to Australia is unknown

    26 October 1916 - AWOL, fined 4 days full pays

    2 March 1917 - Failed to parade, fined 3 days full pay

    Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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