MCGREGOR, David Edward
| Service Number: | 6621 |
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| Enlisted: | 7 July 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 15th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Brogo, New South Wales, Australia, July 1880 |
| Home Town: | Bega, Bega Valley, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Brogo Public School,New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Cheesemaker |
| Died: | Illness, No. 3 New Zealand Hospital, Codford, Wiltshire, England, 23 January 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Codford St. Mary (St. Mary) New Churchyard, Wiltshire, England 41 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Toowoomba Roll of Honour WW1, Toowoomba War Memorial (Mothers' Memorial) |
World War 1 Service
| 7 Jul 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6621, 15th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 21 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 6621, 15th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Boonah embarkation_ship_number: A36 public_note: '' | |
| 21 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 6621, 15th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Boonah, Brisbane |
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The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK/Scotland/Ireland
Died on this date – 23rd January…… David Edward McGregor was born at Brogo, near Bega, New South Wales in 1880.
He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) on 7th July, 1916 as a 36 year old, single, Cheesemaker from Toowoomba, Queensland.
Private David Edward McGregor, Service number 6621, embarked from Brisbane on HMAT Boonah (A36) on 21st October, 1916 with the 4th Infantry Brigade, 15th Infantry Battalion, 21st Reinforcements & disembarked at Plymouth, England on 10th January, 1917.
Reinforcements were only given basic training in Australia. Training was completed in training units in England. These were located in the Salisbury Plain & surrounding areas in the county of Wiltshire.
On 10th January, 1917 Private McGregor was marched in to 4th Training Battalion at Codford, Wiltshire.
He was admitted sick to Group Hospital on 21st January, 1917.
Private David Edward McGregor died at 3.30 p.m. on 23rd January, 1917 at No. 3 New Zealand Hospital, Codford, Wiltshire, England from Broncho pneumonia.
He was buried in St Mary’s New Churchyard (Anzac), Codford, Wiltshire, England where 30 other WW1 Australian War Graves (& 66 New Zealand WW1 War Graves) are located.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/codford---st-marys.html
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