MCGREGOR, William Hodge
| Service Number: | 154 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 August 1914, Enlisted Broadmeadows Camp allocated to A Squadron 4th LHR on 25th August 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Trooper |
| Last Unit: | 4th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Kyneton, Victoria, Australia, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Pine Grove, Campaspe, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, 5 June 1915, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Shrapnel Valley Cemetery, Gallipoli Buried by Chaplain Colonel Green or Captain Dexter at Shrapnel Gully Cemetery Grave 6 on 5th June 1915. Location 400 metres SE of ANZAC Cove. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Gisborne McGregor Memorial Drinking Fountain, Mitiamo War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Trooper, 154, 4th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted Broadmeadows Camp allocated to A Squadron 4th LHR on 25th August 1914 | |
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| 19 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 154, 4th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 154, 4th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Wiltshire, Melbourne | |
| 5 Jun 1915: | Involvement Trooper, 154, 4th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 154 awm_unit: 4 Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1915-06-05 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Pam Hamilton
Prior to the war William McGregor stated he had been a member of the Gisborne Rifles a detachment of the Victorian Mounted Rifles formed in 1903.
William, Enlisted as Single man on 20th August 1914 and married 2 months later on 18th October 1914, prior to his deployment, to Wife Mrs E McGregor c/- Post Office Gisborne Victoria. On Notfication of his death a Marriage certificate was produced on 30th June 1915.
Subsequently, his Brother 15886 Private Harold McGregor 46th Infantry Battalion KIA France 18th September 1918 IVO Bellingelise (sic).
Mrs Margaret McGregor ( Mother) donated the funds for the construction of a drinking fountain in Gisborne to the memory of her two sons KIA.
154 Trooper William Hodge McGregor 4th LHR & 15886 Private Harold McGregor 46th Infantry Bn AIF