Harold (James) MCGREGOR

MCGREGOR, Harold

Service Number: 15886
Enlisted: 25 October 1917, Enlisted Bendigo Victoria allocated to ASC reinforcement’s Broadmeadows Camp on 26th November 1917.
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 46th Infantry Battalion
Born: Gisborne, Victoria, Australia, 28 October 1890
Home Town: Pine Grove, Campaspe, Victoria
Schooling: Gisborne State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation: Farmer
Died: Killed in Action, France, 18 September 1918, aged 27 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Gisborne McGregor Memorial Drinking Fountain, Gisborne State School Honour Roll
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World War 1 Service

25 Oct 1917: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 15886, Army Service Corps (AIF), Enlisted Bendigo Victoria allocated to ASC reinforcement’s Broadmeadows Camp on 26th November 1917.
26 Feb 1918: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 15886, Army Service Corps (AIF), Embarked HT Nestor for service overseas ASC reinforcement’s.
17 Jun 1918: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 46th Infantry Battalion, Taken on Strength of the 46th Battalion reinforcement’s from ASC reinforcement’s at 12th Training Battalion UK
27 Aug 1918: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 46th Infantry Battalion, Taken on Strength of the 46th Battalion in the field France
18 Sep 1918: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 15886, 46th Infantry Battalion, Breaching the Hindenburg Line - Cambrai / St Quentin Canal, KIA during Battalion Assault of the Out posts of the Hindenburg Line on the 1st day of the operation.
18 Sep 1918: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 15886, 46th Infantry Battalion, KIA France.
Date unknown: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 15886, 46th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Pam Hamilton

Brother of 154 Trooper William Hodge McGregor 4th LHR KIA Gallipoli on 5th June 1915.