Alexander (Alex) MCGREGOR

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MCGREGOR, Alexander

Service Numbers:	4270, V240787
Enlisted:	15 September 1915
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	Volunteer Defence Corps (VIC)
Born:	Eurambeen, Victoria, Australia, 9 August 1893
Home Town:	Eurambeen, Pyrenees, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Beaufort, Victoria, Australia , 4 November 1972, aged 79 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Ballarat New Cemetery and Crematorium, Victoria
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World War 1 Service

15 Sep 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4270, 8th Infantry Battalion
29 Dec 1915:	Involvement Private, 4270, 8th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: ''
29 Dec 1915:	Embarked Private, 4270, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Melbourne
20 Sep 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4270, 8th Infantry Battalion, Belgium - GSW chest
31 Jan 1918:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4270, 8th Infantry Battalion, embarked England for RTA on board HT Osterley
18 May 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 4270, 8th Infantry Battalion

World War 2 Service

28 Mar 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , V240787, Volunteer Defence Corps (VIC)
28 Mar 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, V240787
1 Oct 1945:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , V240787, Volunteer Defence Corps (VIC)

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Private Alexander McGregor (Service No:4270) enlisted in the AIF on 15 September 1915 and was attached to 8th Infantry Battalion when he embarked from Melbourne for Alexandria on 29 December 1915 on board HMAT A64 Demosthenes. Private McGregor was WiA in Belgium on 20 September 1917 and evacuated to England. He embarked for the RTA on 31 January 1918 on board HT Osterley and was attached to 8th Infantry Battalion at Discharge on 18 May 1918.

In WWII Private McGregor (Service No:V240787) served with the ACMF (20th Battalion VDC) as a Private and Corporal (29 October 1942) from 28 March 1942 to 1 October 1945.

Born in 1893 in Eurambeen in Victoria, Alex was seventh of ten children of Alexander McGregor Snr (b1855 in Richmond, Victoria) and Ellen Mary Ahern (b1857 in Ballarat, Victoria). Alexander (a Labourer) and Ellen married in 1882 in Ararat, Victoria and lived in Eurambeen, Waterloo and Beaufort where they raised their family and Alexander worked as a Labourer.

Alex worked as a Labourer and in 1919 in Beaufort married Mary Elizabeth Victoria Spicer (b1899 in Raglan, Victoria). Alex and Mary settled in Beaufort where they raised their family and Alex worked as a Labourer/Shearer. Mary died in 1968 and Alex in 1972.

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