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MACGREGOR, William Robert
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 506 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 August 1914, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | Headquarters Australian Imperial Force (AIF) |
| Born: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1888 |
| Home Town: | Burnley, Yarra, Victoria |
| Occupation: | Motor Tyre Builder |
| Died: | Natural Causes , Elsternwick, Victoria, Australia, 20 May 1961 |
| Cemetery: |
Springvale War Cemetery, Melbourne, Victoria Boronia, Wall C, Niche 383 |
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World War 1 Service
| 17 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 506, 6th Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 19 Oct 1914: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 506, 6th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Oct 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Sergeant, 506, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne | |
| 25 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 506, 6th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 25 Apr 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Sergeant, 506, 6th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Wounded in Action at the landing GSW fracture femur | |
| 2 Dec 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, Abbey Wood Base (AIF), Transferred to AIF Depot UK ex 17th General Hospital Alexandria Egypt for convalescence. Evacuated UK during period 16 May 1915 on Hospital Ship Nebraska | |
| 30 Jul 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sergeant, 6th Infantry Battalion, Rejoined Battalion in France ex Depot UK | |
| 31 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 506, 6th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières | |
| 5 Feb 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Sergeant, 506, 6th Infantry Battalion, The Outpost Villages - German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line, Shrapnel wound bomb left foot evacuated to No11 Stationary Hospital France evacuated to England for convalescence | |
| 29 May 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sergeant, No. 1 Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Harefield (WW1), Transferred for convalescence ex 3rd Australian General Hospital Brighton UK | |
| 24 Aug 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sergeant, No. 2 Australian Command Depot (AIF), Declaration of Marriage Church of Scotland St George Chapel Edinburgh | |
| 12 May 1918: | Embarked AIF WW1, Company Quartermaster Sergeant, 506, No. 2 Australian Command Depot (AIF), RTA from No2 Command Depot UK GSW left foot severe. Medical Board Unfit for service. No documentation of appointment as CQMS Depot Tidworth UK noted in B103. | |
| 5 Jul 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Company Quartermaster Sergeant, 6th Infantry Battalion, Arrived Sydney ex Hospital Ship Ruahine report to 2MD for administration and review. | |
| 19 Aug 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sergeant, 6th Infantry Battalion, To 3MD Melbourne for duty. Re embarked with 12th General Service Reinforcement’s Victoria at Broadmeadows Camp as Warrant Officer Class 2 for 6th Infantry Battalion UK | |
| 31 Aug 1918: | Embarked AIF WW1, Sergeant, 506, 1st to 17th (VIC) Reinforcements, HMAT Barambah, Melbourne | |
| 31 Aug 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 506, 1st to 17th (VIC) Reinforcements, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Barambah embarkation_ship_number: A37 public_note: '' | |
| 14 Dec 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1st Training Battalion (AIF), Transferred to 1st Training Battalion Parkhouse for duty as Directing Staff | |
| 8 Jan 1919: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sergeant, Headquarters Australian Imperial Force (AIF), Transferred from 6th Battalion Reinforcement’s UK to AIF HQ for duty UK | |
| 22 Jan 1920: | Embarked AIF WW1, Sergeant, 506, Headquarters Australian Imperial Force (AIF), RTA 3MD Melbourne termination Period of Enlistment on HT Fredericksburg | |
| 8 Aug 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 506, Headquarters Australian Imperial Force (AIF), Discharge from service -- Medically Unfit - Disability Due to Military Service -- 3MD, Melbourne, Victoria |
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