Regimental number | 2898 |
Place of birth | Newtown, Sydney, New South Wales |
School | Christian Brothers, Sydney, New South Wales |
Religion | Roman Catholic |
Occupation | Railway porter |
Address | 87 Darby Street, Newtown, New South Wales |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 20 |
Height | 5' 8" |
Weight | 154 lbs |
Next of kin | Father, Simon James Stalgis, 87 Darby Street, Newtown, New South Wales |
Previous military service | Served for 4 years in the 34th Infantry (Enmore), Citizen Military Forces. |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Liverpool, New South Wales |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 20th Battalion, 6th Reinforcement |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A14 Euripides on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 5th Machine Gun Battalion |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Fleurbaix, France (Battle of Fromelles) |
Age at death | 21 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 21 |
Place of burial | Fromelles (Pheasant Wood) Military Cemetery (Plot I, Row D, Grave No 9), France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 179 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Mr J. & Mrs A. STALGIS, 45 Edgeware Road, Enmore, New South Wales. Native of Sydney, New South Wales |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Western Front Allotted to and proceeded to join 56th Bn, Tel el Kebir, 16 February 1916. Transferred to 14th Machine Gun Company, 10 March 1916. Promoted Corporal, 26 March 1916. Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 19 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 25 June 1916. Reported missing, 20 July 1916. Disc handed over by German authorities. Disc forwarded by Comite International de la Croix Rouge to His Majesty (sic) Minister at Berne. Previously reported Missing; now Killed in Action, 20 July 1916. Red Cross File No 8091731: '[Translation] This certifies that we hold a death card Ref: 111, which states that the Australian Prisoner of War 2898, Pte Gregory Francis Stalgis 14th Machine Gun Co., A.I.F. R.C., died on 20/7/16. Identity disc handed in by Inquiry Officer Army Corps 6, on 17.8.16. Stamp, Royal Prussian War Office, Central Inquiry Bureau.' Effects received from Germany per War Office, 30.9.1919. One parcel (sealed) containing: Letter, poem. Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal Originally listed as 'No Known Grave' and commemorated at V.C. Corner (Panel No 23), Australian Cemetery, Fromelles; subsequently (2010) identified, and interred in the Fromelles (Pheasant Wood) Military Cemetery, France. |
Miscellaneous details | Youngest sister: Eileen Veronica Rose STALGIS |
Sources | NAA: B2455, STALGIS Gregory Francis
Red Cross File No 8091731 |