GREGORY, Cyril John
| Service Number: | 414 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom, 1879 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 414 | |
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| 4 Apr 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 414, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 506 notes 6th QIB embarked at Pinkenba 4 Apr 1901 aboard Victoria arriving Cape Town 2 May 1901. | |
| 24 Apr 1901: | Promoted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Corporal, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 517, notes promoted to Corporal 24 Apr 1901. | |
| 23 Jun 1902: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Corporal, 414, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 508 notes 6th QIB embarked at Durban 17 May 1902 aboard Devon returning to Australia arriving Brisbane 17 Jun 1902, disbanded 23 Jun 1902. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
When Cyril John Gregory enlisted in 1901 in the 6th QIB and his details were published with the rank and file in The Queenslander, 13 Apr 1901, he noted his N.O.K. as J. B. Gregory, Moreton, Hampstead, Devonshire, England. In the original nominal roll of the 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, held by National Archives, his N.O.K. is recorded as having been his father.
Newspaper reports in Feb 1902 report that Cyril J. Gregory was dangerously ill with enteric fever and hospitalised. In the Boer War Service Pybooks for the 6th QIB, Bk 2 p. 191, does not provide a discharge date. It does note his address post discharge as being, No. 2703 Constable C. J. Gregory, D Mobile Troop, S/A Constabulary, Pretoria, indicating he was discharged in South Africa to join the police force.
(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 517; National Archives Australia- B 5172 Nominal Roll of 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen Queensland Defence Force for service in South Africa, p. 6; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 6th QIB, Bk 2 p. 191).