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MCGREGOR, Francis Alexander
Personal Details
Service Number: | 2213 |
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Enlisted: | 19 April 1915, Melbourne, Vic. |
Last Rank: | Sergeant |
Last Unit: | 58th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Kangaroo Flat, Victoria, Australia, 1894 |
Home Town: | Kangaroo Flat, Greater Bendigo, Victoria |
Schooling: | Kangaroo Flat State School, and Bendigo High School, Victoria, Australia |
Occupation: | Clerk |
Died: | Died of wounds, France, 21 July 1916 |
Cemetery: |
Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord Plot II, Row F, Grave No. 25, |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor, Kangaroo Flat Soldiers Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
19 Apr 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2213, 6th Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Vic. | |
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12 May 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 6th Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Vic. | |
17 Jun 1915: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 2213, 6th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: '' | |
17 Jun 1915: | Embarked Lance Corporal, 2213, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wandilla, Melbourne | |
6 Aug 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2213, 6th Infantry Battalion, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli | |
15 Jan 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 6th Infantry Battalion, Egypt | |
17 Feb 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Corporal, 58th Infantry Battalion, Egypt | |
22 Feb 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 58th Infantry Battalion, Egypt | |
11 May 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 58th Infantry Battalion, Egypt | |
19 Jul 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Sergeant, 2213, 58th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), GSW to abdomen. Evacuated to the 2nd CCS at Bailleul, where he died of his wounds two days later on 21 July 1916. |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Robert Wight
LCpl McGregor enlisted on 19 April 1915 and embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Wandilla on 17 June 1915.
He later served as a sergeant and died on 21 July 1916 at 2nd CCS, Bailleul, of wounds received at Fromelles in France on 19 July 1916 while serving with the 58th Battalion.
Source: AWM