GRAY, William Harold
| Service Number: | V159856 |
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| 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 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 5 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 26th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 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 (Army WW2), Lieutenant Colonel, V159856 |
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Add my storyBiography 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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