Clive GREGORY

GREGORY, Clive

Service Number: 61398
Enlisted: 6 March 1918, Place of enlistment - Broadmeadows, Melbourne Victoria
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 4th Divisional Train
Born: Murchison, Victoria, 14 November 1898
Home Town: Murchison, Greater Shepparton, Victoria
Schooling: Murchison State School, The Geelong College
Occupation: Student
Died: 20 February 1968, aged 69 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Murchison Cemetery, Victoria
Memorials: Geelong College WW1 Roll of Honour
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World War 1 Service

6 Mar 1918: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 61398, Place of enlistment - Broadmeadows, Melbourne Victoria
31 Aug 1918: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 61398, 1st to 17th (VIC) Reinforcements, Embarked on HMAT 'A37' Barambah from Melbourne on 31st August 1918, disembarked London, England on 14th November 1918.
14 Nov 1918: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 14th Infantry Battalion
5 Feb 1919: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 4th Divisional Train, Appointed Temporary Driver from 5th February 1919 until 11th May 1919 when he reverted to the rank of Private.
1 Aug 1919: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 61398, 4th Divisional Train, Embarked for return to Australia on HMAT Argyllshire from England on 1st August 1919, disembarking Melbourne on 22nd September 1919.
4 Oct 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 61398, 4th Divisional Train

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Biography contributed by Daryl Jones

GREGORY, Clive (1898-1968)

He was born 14 November 1898, the son of Edward John Gregory and Mary Elizabeth nee Tonkin, of Murchison, Victoria. He was educated at Murchison State School and Geelong College. He enlisted (61398) on the 6 March 1918, embarked on HMAT A37 Barambah on 31 August 1918 for England and subsequently in France with the 11th General Service Reinforcements (Victorian) . He was transferred to 14th Company, Australian Army Service Corps as a driver. Gregory returned to Australia, embarking on 1 August 1919.

His older brother, Major E A E Gregory, 8th Light Horse, was killed in action at Russell’s Top on Gallipoli on 27 June 1915, and buried at Ari Burnu Cemetery.

Clive Gregory died in 1968.

Source : THe Geelong College - https://gnet.geelongcollege.vic.edu.au/wiki/GREGORY-Clive-1898-1966.ashx?HL=gregory

Other siblings -

  • Frank Ruppert May Gregory 1886–1896
  • Muriel Gregory 1897–1915

 

 

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