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GRAY, Alastair Cameron
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | 37596, VX15129 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 May 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Field Artillery Brigades |
| Born: | Dunedin, New Zealand, 1898 |
| Home Town: | East Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Artist |
| Died: | East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, June 1972, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 9 Nov 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Gunner, 37596, Field Artillery Brigades, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Sydney embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: '' | |
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| 9 Nov 1917: | Embarked AIF WW1, Gunner, 37596, Field Artillery Brigades, HMAT Port Sydney, Melbourne |
World War 2 Service
| 15 May 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, VX15129 |
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Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by B Stanleu
Alastair was a teacher, artist and architect. His brother Clark Maxwell Gray was killed in WW1 at the Battle of Fromelles on the 20th July 1916. He has no known grave.
Alastair enlisted in 1917, he returned to Australia in 1919 at war's end. He married twice and had one son.
Alastair was primarily a watercolor artist who also painted in oils. He was secretary of the Victorian Artists’ Society in 1958. Gray’s paintings were exhibited around the world and are held in numerous national galleries.