MCGREGOR, Mary Jean
| Other Name: | MINFORD, Mary Jean - Married Name |
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| Service Numbers: | Staff Nurse, Sister |
| Enlisted: | 1 October 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Sister |
| Last Unit: | No. 4 Australian Auxiliary Hospital |
| Born: | Tarrawingee, Victoria, Australia, 1882 |
| Home Town: | Wangaratta, Wangaratta, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Nurse |
| Died: | Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia, 8 April 1956, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Brighton General Cemetery, Victoria Presbyterian S 306 |
| Memorials: | Wangaratta and District Victory Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 1 Oct 1915: | Enlisted Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, Staff Nurse, 1st Australian General Hospital | |
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| 12 Nov 1915: | Involvement 1st Australian General Hospital, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: '' | |
| 12 Nov 1915: | Embarked 1st Australian General Hospital, HMAT Orsova, Melbourne | |
| 9 Dec 1915: | Involvement Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Sister, Sister, No. 4 Australian Auxiliary Hospital | |
| 17 Aug 1919: | Discharged Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Sister, Served in London, Egypt and France |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Sandra Barry
Mary was the daughter of William Wood McGregor and Marion McGregor nee Barry.
Nurse for the War
Nurse Jean Mc-Gregor, of "Aberfoyle" Private Hospital, Wangaratta, some months ago offered her services to the Defence Department. She has now been selected to go as a Sister to Egypt, and she will leave Wangaratta in three weeks' time. Nurse McGregor has conducted Aberfoyle hospital for three years. Her brother, Pte. Allan McGregor, has joined the Engineers, and he leaves for the front on 13th inst.
Wangaratta Chronicle Wednesday 13 October 1915 page 2
In 1918, Mary married John (Jack) Errol Minford.
Her only child Jeannie was killed aged 4 by a car while crossing a road in 1924.
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