MCGREGOR, Arthur John
| Service Number: | NX73649 |
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| Enlisted: | 3 December 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/19th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Inverell, New South Wales, Australia, 21 June 1917 |
| Home Town: | Maroubra, Randwick, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Presumed died or was killed whilst a prisoner of the Japanese, Java, Netherlands East Indies, 9 March 1942, aged 24 years |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Singapore Memorial Kranji War Cemetery |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, NX73649 | |
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| 3 Dec 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX73649, 2nd/19th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Pamela Jeffs
Arthur John McGregor was the only son of Alice May McGregor (nee Kennett) and the late Pte. Arthur Ernest McGregor, of Old Mill (killed in action in World War One). Pte. Arthur John McGregor was reported to his wife, Mrs. Joyce McGregor, of Stannifer, as missing and presumed dead, on the 9/3/1942, just shy of his 28th birthday.
Born in Inverell he received his education in Sydney and later on returned to the Inverell district to follow the occupation of a miner. He then returned to Sydney, where he was employed at a brick works factory. He enlisted for service at Maroubra and sailed with an early contingent of the A.I.F. for Malaya, from where the last communication from him was received by his wife.
The late Pte. McGregor was survived by his widow (formerly Miss Joyce Andrews) and one daughter, Jeanette Joyce McGregor, aged four years.
Information sourced from my family history and also the following newspaper article. Note that some name spellings and some dates listed in the below article are incorrect, but confirmed as noted above via Arthur John Mcgregor's service records.
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/263387919
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