MCGREGOR, Reginald Francis
| Service Number: | 4056 |
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| Enlisted: | 10 August 1915, Armidale, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 3 December 1896 |
| Home Town: | Broke, Singleton, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Broke Public School and East Maitland Boys' High School |
| Occupation: | Bank clerk |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 2 March 1917, aged 20 years |
| Cemetery: |
Warlencourt British Cemetery IV. D. 12. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bank of New South Wales Roll of Honour Book, Maitland High School Roll of Honour, Singleton War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 10 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4056, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Armidale, NSW | |
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| 30 Dec 1915: | Involvement Private, 4056, 3rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: '' | |
| 30 Dec 1915: | Embarked Private, 4056, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Medic, Sydney | |
| 22 Nov 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 3rd Infantry Battalion | |
| 2 Mar 1917: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 4056, 3rd Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4056 awm_unit: 3 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-03-02 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Michael Silver
Reginald Francis McGregor, the eldest of seven children of Mrs. Ada A. McGregor and the late Mr. George McGregor, was born in Sydney on 3rd December, 1896. He was educated at Broke Public School, and the Boys’ High School, East Maitland, and joined the service of the Bank of New South Wales at Maitland on 28th May, 1914, being subsequently transferred to Port Macquarie in the following July, and to Quirindi in April, 1915.
He enlisted on 10th August, 1915 at Armidale, and joined the 3rd Battalion, in which he was promoted in November, 1916, to the rank of lance-corporal.
The circumstances of his death were sad and heroic. During the operations south west of Bapaume in March, 1917, Lance-corporal McGregor had the misfortune to be taken prisoner and was selected, with a few others, by the enemy who wished to compel them to act as guides to point out where our strong positions lay. Rather than betray his comrades Lance-corporal McGregor gave the alarm when the party was approaching our lines, and endeavoured to escape with the rest of the party, but was unhappily shot in the attempt.
Lance-corporal Reginald Francis McGregor is buried in Warlencourt British Cemetery, France.
Source: Bank of New South Wales Roll of Honour, 1921, p 269
Reference: 'McGregor, Reginald Francis (1896–1917)', People Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://peopleaustralia.anu.edu.au/biography/mcgregor-reginald-francis-24279/text33029
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