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GREGORY, Ernest
| Service Number: | 3246 |
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| Enlisted: | 28 March 1916, at Adelaide |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 43rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Darlington, Durham, England , December 1890 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Memorials: | Coorabie and District WW1 Roll of Honor, Loxton Paruna Branch RSL Pictorial Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 28 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3246, 32nd Infantry Battalion, at Adelaide | |
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| 27 Jun 1916: | Involvement Private, 3246, 32nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Malakuta embarkation_ship_number: A57 public_note: '' | |
| 27 Jun 1916: | Embarked Private, 3246, 32nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Malakuta, Adelaide | |
| 17 Oct 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3246, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, GSW neck | |
| 12 Jul 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3246, 43rd Infantry Battalion, "The Last Hundred Days", Gassed | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Private, 3246, 43rd Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Adelaide Botanic High School
Ernest Gregory was born December, 1890, in Darlington, Durham, England. He had no known siblings only having his mother named Mrs Sara Gregory. He had moved to Yelata, West Coast, South Australia alone working as a farm labourer.
He inlisted on the 28 March 1916 as a private. Being put in the 32nd Battalion, 7th Reinforcement. His unit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A57 Malakuta on 27 June 1916.
He was twice wounded in the war, first in the neck and the second time by gas. After the armistice he received leave to work on his brother's farm in Northumberland and while married Mary Jane Fenwick. He returned to Australia after that.
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