Francis Alexander MCGREGOR

MCGREGOR, Francis Alexander

    Service Number: 2213
    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
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    World War 1 Service

    19 Apr 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2213, 6th Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Vic.
    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.

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    Biography 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

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