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GREGORY, Hedley Oswald
| Service Number: | 1384 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 July 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 9th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Walloway, Orroroo/Carrieton - South Australia, Australia, 19 March 1888 |
| Home Town: | Belton, Orroroo/Carrieton, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Sandringham, 1 September 1971, aged 83 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Cheltenham Memorial Park, Victoria, Australia |
| Memorials: | Orroroo Morchard Men Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 9 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1384, 9th Light Horse Regiment | |
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| 27 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 1384, 9th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: '' | |
| 27 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 1384, 9th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Benalla, Adelaide | |
| 30 Nov 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 9th Light Horse Regiment, Attached to ANZAC Provost Corps, ANZAC Mounted Division | |
| 1 Jan 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Anzac Provost Corps , Rejoined 9th Light Horse Regiment | |
| 20 Sep 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1384, 9th Light Horse Regiment | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 1384 |
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Hedley Oswald Gregory was born on 19th of March 1888, in Walloway, Orroroo. He was the second child of John Gregory and Sarah Joyce. He was from a Methodist family with 10 children.
Gregory enlisted 9th of July 1915, in Adelaide. His attestation paper describes him as 5 feet 9 inches and having a weight of 156 pounds, having a fair complexion with grey eyes and auburn hair.. He was recorded as being single, and his occupation was a farmer.
Gregory embarked on board HMS A24 Benalla on 27th October 1915 from Adelaide, South Australia. He was taken on strength with the 9th Light Horse Regiment at Heliopolis on the 28th of December for further training. He was admitted to the 3rd Auxiliary Hospital on February 1, 1916, for dental treatment. He was then discharged on the 11th February and returned to duty with his regiment.
During this time, the 9th LHR became part of the ANZAC Mounted Division (AMD), and in March, Gregory, alongside the rest of his regiment, helped defend the Suez Canal from the Turkish advancement. Later on, on the 30th of November, he was attached to the ANZAC Provost Corps, in the ANZAC Mounted Division. He remained there for two months, rejoined the 9th Light Horse the 1st of January 1917, helping on the 9th in the battle to capture Rafa.
On the 14th January 1917, he was admitted to hospital due to a case of septic throat. On the 20th of January, he was discharged, and he returned to duty. Later that year Private Gregory went to the Port Said rest camp on the 10th of August. A week later, he was admitted to the 31st General Hospital at Port Said due to a deformed toe. On August 31st, he returned to the rest camp and, seven days later, on the 7th of September, returned to his unit. He helped in the operation that led to the capture of Gaza which started on the 31st of October. He also participated in the battles of Jerusalem with his regiment.
On the 2nd of December 1917, Private Gregory was appointed Lance Corporal (LCpl). His regiment successfully helped the British forces capture Jerusalem on the 30th of December 1917. After this, Gregory and the rest of his regiment were moved to the Jordan Valley, where they remained for a long period of time.
On the 11th of April 1918, Gregory was injured while training. It is recorded that he fractured his femur and sustained a head injury due to falling off his horse. He was admitted to the hospital through the 3rd Light Horse Field Ambulance (LHFA). The next day, he was transferred to the 76th Casualty Clearing Station and transferred to a hospital train the following day. On the 14th of April, he was admitted to the 44th Stationary hospital, and on the 16th, he was recorded with a fractured femur and transferred to the 14th Australian General Hospital at Port Said.
He remained in the General Hospital for a few months before being transported back to Australia aboard the HT Port Darwin on the 11th of July 1918.
He disembarked on the 17th of August 1918, at Sydney, and was formally discharged from military service on the 20th of September.
After the war, Gregory married Laurel Myra Bartholomeus on the 21st of October 1920, in Hawker, South Australia. At some stage after the late 1930's he moved to live in Melbourne. Laurel died in 1965 and he remarried to Molley Langley.
Gregory died on September 1, 1971 in Sandringham, Victoria. Gregory was buried at Cheltenham Cemetery in Victoria.