Walter Roy MCGREGOR

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Service Number:	QX45586
Enlisted:	8 November 1940
Last Rank:	Craftsman
Last Unit:	19th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia , 26 July 1918
Home Town:	Toowoomba, Toowoomba, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Butcher
Died:	Died of wounds (GSW to both legs), Cape Turner, New Britain, Pacific Islands, 16 March 1945, aged 26 years
Cemetery:	Rabaul (Bita Paka) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea (CWGC) Grave Reference, Location ~ Plot A. Row C. Grave 14. Personal Inscription ~ "HE GAVE HIS LIFE FOR HIS COUNTRY EVER REMEMBERED".
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Newtown State School Honour Roll, Newtown State School War Memorial, Toowoomba Roll of Honour WW2, Toowoomba WW2 Roll of Honour Book, Toowoomba War Memorial (Mothers' Memorial)

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Craftsman, QX45586
8 Nov 1940:	Enlisted
8 Nov 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX45586
14 Jun 1943:	Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Craftsman, 19th Infantry Battalion, 269 Light Aid Detachment att 19th Battalion (Infantry) AEME
16 Mar 1945:	Discharged

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