William Harold GRAY

GRAY, William Harold

Service Number: V159856
Enlisted: 5 June 1915
Last Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
Last Unit: 26th Infantry Battalion
Born: Hobart, Tas., 24 October 1887
Home Town: Hobart, Tasmania
Schooling: Private School
Occupation: Engineer
Died: Hobart, Tas., 12 September 1954, aged 66 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Cornelian Bay Cemetery and Crematorium, Tasmania
Derwent Gardens AUST IMP FORCE ARCH 1 South 4 E
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World War 1 Service

5 Jun 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 26th Infantry Battalion
17 Jul 1915: Involvement 26th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: ''
17 Jul 1915: Embarked 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Orsova, Melbourne

World War 2 Service

31 Mar 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant Colonel, V159856

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Colonel H. Gray
Colonel Harold Gray, one of Australia's best known and best liked rifle shooting administrators, died suddenly in Hobart last Thursday. Colonel Gray, who was secretary of the Victorian Rifle Association and the Commonwealth Council of Rifle Associations since 1949, was in Tasmania attending his mother's funeral when he died. Until he took these offices, Colonel Gray was Australian director of rifle clubs. He served through out the first world war with
the 26th Battalion. At.Willlamstown on Saturday, Victorian riflemen paid tribute to Colonel Gray In the way traditional to marksmen— the range pennant was lowered to half mast position and all targets were lowered below the 
surface for two minutes.

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