GRAY, Herbert
| Service Number: | 90 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 January 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 35th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Merewether, New South Wales, Australia, 30 March 1892 |
| Home Town: | Merewether, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Tailor |
| Died: | Merewether, New South Wales, Australia, 25 March 1956, aged 63 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW METHODIST 4-19. 63. |
| Memorials: | Merewether Glebe Methodist Church Great War Honor Roll, Merewether Public School Roll of Honour, Merewether School of Arts Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 1 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 90, 35th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 1 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 90, 35th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: '' | |
| 1 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 90, 35th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Sydney | |
| 19 Oct 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 35th Infantry Battalion | |
| 12 Aug 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 90, 35th Infantry Battalion, 2nd MD |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served during The Great War, now resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
66 years ago today, on the 26th March 1956, Corporal Herbert (Herb) Gray, 35th Battalion (Reg No-90), tailor (H.P. Cornish, Newcastle West), from 82 Macquarie Street, Merewether, New South Wales and 28 Berner Street, Merewether, N.S.W., was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 63. METHODIST 4-19. 63.
Born at Merewether, New South Wales on the 30th March 1892 to John and Elizabeth Gray; possibly married to Esther I Caldwell on the 20.10.1923, Herb enlisted January 1916 at Newcastle, N.S.W.
Herb returned home June 1919, being discharged on the 12th August 1919.
Mr. Gray’s name has been inscribed on the Merewether (Mitchell Park) Memorial Gates, Merewether School of Arts Roll of Honour, Merewether Public School Roll of Honor (unveiled on the 21st September 1917, 98 names originally inscribed, 107 names now inscribed, 14 Fallen), Merewether (Glebe) Methodist Church Roll of Honour, Merewether Independent Order of Rechabites' Tent No. 32 Roll of Honour and the Merewether Advance Football Club Roll of Honor and the Wickham Superior Public School Roll of Honour.
I located this Forgotten WW1 Hero resting in an unmarked grave, so December 2017 I place a cross adorned with poppies in remembrance of his service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
Lest We Forget.
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