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Son of Charles TREGEAR and Annie Patterson nee TREBILCOCK, of 2, Princes St., St. Kilda, Victoria.

Served with 2nd New Zealand Field Artillery Brigade

Killed on Hill 63 by a shell on first day of retreat from Messines. The Germans successfully attacked Messines as part of their Spring 1918 offensive in what is usually referred to as the Battle of the Lys (1918).

He was the son of a Methodist Minister

Captain Chaplain Tregear had a large and enthusiastic  audience in the hall last Thursday night to hear his lecture on "The Padre and His Job." The Rev. J. H.  Hadley occupied the chair. Miss Mabel Pink tendered  the olo "Keep the Home Fires Burning," the audience  joining in the chorus.
The lecture, which bristled with fun and humor, kept  the audience interested. Mr Tregear also referred to the death of his son, Gunner Ray Thomson Tregear,  who hald given his life for the Empire, and to the many who had made the supreme sacrifice. He did not dwell  on the pathetic side of his work, but on the humorous  incidents that had come in his way.

TREGEAR - Killed in action, somewhere in France, on  April 9, 1918, Gunner Ray Thomson Tregear (N.Z Field  Artillery), the dearly loved elder son of Rev. Charles  and Annie Tregear, Methodist Parsonage, Geelong.
Our dear Ray, One of the heroes.
The deepest sympathy will be felt for the Rev. Charles  and Mrs. Tregear in their sorrow. Gunner Ray Tregear was an old Kyneton State School boy, where his name is on the honor roll. He also attended Kyneton College  under the Rev. Otho Bryant. At the outbreak of war he  was on the staff of a New Zealand bank, and enlisted  from New Zealand, and now has made the great sacrifice. Gunner Tregear saw nearly three years  service. It was mainly in order to see his son that  Chaplain-Captain Chas. Tregear visited England some year or so ago - a visit he described in the Kyneton  Paramount Theatre some weeks ago.