MCGREGOR, Angus Bartlett Clarence
| Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
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| Enlisted: | 1 January 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Senior Wireless Operator |
| Last Unit: | SS Seang Choon |
| Born: | Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia, 1895 |
| Home Town: | Malvern, Stonnington, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Postal Clerk |
| Died: | Sinking of SS Seang Choon, At Sea - approximately 10 nautical miles South-West of Fastnet. , 10 July 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Castletown Berehaven (St. Finian's) Cemetery |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll, Campbell Australian Merchant Seamen Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 1 Jan 1915: | Enlisted Merchant Navy, Senior Wireless Operator, SS Seang Choon | |
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| Date unknown: | Involvement Senior Wireless Operator, SS Seang Choon |
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Son of Mrs. Aeneas McGregor, of 23, Molesworth St., Armadale, Australia.
A LOVED AUSTRALIAN SON
The Herald (Victoria) 27-8-1917
After having served nearly two years and a half as wireless operator on a transport, Angus Bartlett Clarence McGregor lost his life when the vessel was sunk by an enemy submarine. He was 23 years old, and when he enlisted in January, 1915, was a postal mechanic at Malvern. Before the war his wireless plant at Armadale attracted much attention, and his parents' home was a meeting place for young men interested in wireless telegraphy. He was a son of Mr and Mrs Aeneas McGregor, of 23 Molesworth street, Armadale. His brother, Private H. M. G. McGregor, (died of wounds at the front).
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