GREGORY, Charles
| Service Number: | 6515 |
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| Enlisted: | 21 March 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Buckfastleigh, Devonsire, England, 1878 |
| Home Town: | Belmont, Belmont, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Groom |
| Died: | Died of wounds, Bath War Hospital, Somerset,United Kingdom, 29 October 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Bath (Locksbrook) Cemetery C. E. 89. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Belmont War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 21 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6515, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) | |
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| 13 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 6515, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: '' | |
| 13 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 6515, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Suffolk, Fremantle |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Births Mar 1878 Gregory Charles Totnes 5b192
Totnes Registration District covers Buckfastleigh from 1837 to 1894.
Deaths Dec 1917 Gregory Charles 39 Bath 5c 625
The CWGC report showing his age as 58 is incorrect-he was 38.
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Mother, Mrs Mary Gregory, Welshpool, Western Australia.
Biography contributed by Cathy Sedgwick
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK/Scotland/Ireland”
Died on this date – 29th October…… Charles Gregory was born at Buckfastleigh, Devonshire, England to mother Mary Gregory.
[Note: due to the discrepancy of Charles Gregory’s age – death registered as aged 39; age on CWGC headstone as 58, plus the common name - it is very difficult to be able to find information regarding his date of birth & any Census records in England & be sure that it is accurate.]
He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force on 21st March, 1916 stating he was a 37 year old, single, Groom from Belmont, Western Australia.
Private Charles Gregory, Service number 6515, embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia on HMAT Suffolk (A23) on 13th October, 1916 with the 4th Infantry Brigade, 16th Infantry Battalion, 21st Reinforcements & disembarked at Plymouth, England on 12th December, 1916. (Casualty Form – Active Service has recorded that Private Gregory embarked from Fremantle on “A39 Pt Macquarie”; Embarkation Roll has he embarked on Suffolk A23).
Reinforcements were only given basic training in Australia. Training was completed in training units in England. Some of these were located in the Salisbury Plain & surrounding areas in the county of Wiltshire.
On 12th December, 1916 Private Gregory was marched in to 4th Training Battalion on Codford, Wiltshire, England on 12th December, 1916.
He proceeded overseas for France via Folkestone on 8th February, 1917 on S.S. Princess Victoria.
Private Gregory was marched in the 4th Australian Divisional Base Depot at Etaples, France on 9th February, 1917. He was marched out to his Unit on 11th February, 1917 & was taken on strength of 16th Battalion from Reinforcements in the Field on 13th February, 1917.
On 17th June, 1917 Private Gregory was transferred to 14th Battalion in Belgium. He was reallotted a Regiment number of 6515A (an “A” was added to his Regimental number due to duplication of numbers).
He was transferred back to 16th Battalion on 1st September, 1917.
Private Charles Gregory was wounded in action on 22nd September, 1917. He was admitted to 47th Casualty Clearing Station on 22nd September, 1917 with a bomb wound to back & foot. Private Gregory was transferred & admitted to 2nd Canadian General Hospital in France on 1st October, 1917 with wounds to back & ankle. He was transferred to England on a Hospital Ship on 8th October, 1917.
On 11th October, 1917 Private Gregory was admitted to Bath War Hospital, Somerset, England with bomb wounds to back & left ankle. The Hospital Admissions form lists only Tetanus as the reason for being admitted.
Private Charles Gregory died at 2 am on 29th October, 1917 at Bath War Hospital, Somerset, England from wounds received in action – Bomb wound perforating left ankle joint and lacerated wound over lower ribs (left posterior) & Tetanus.
He was buried in Locksbrook Cemetery, Bath, Somerset, England.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/bath.html
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