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Alfred Edgar GRAY

Place of birthKyabram, Victoria
SchoolDowling Forest State School, Ballarat, Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationSoldier
Address5 Edith Street, Caulfield, Victoria
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation28
Height5' 11.5"
Weight200 lbs
Next of kinWife, Mrs Esme Gladys Gray, 5 Edith Street, Caulfield, Victoria
Previous military serviceInst'l Staff; served and held a commission in Learmouth Half Squadron of 9th Australian Light Horse.
Enlistment date24 September 1917
Rank on enlistment2nd Lieutenant
Unit name3rd General (Victorian) Reinforcements
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/111/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board RMS Orontes on 5 June 1918
Rank from Nominal Roll2nd Lieutenant
Unit from Nominal Roll3rd General Service Reinforcements
FateDied of disease 28 October 1918
Place of death or woundingDied of illness
Age at death28
Age at death from cemetery records29
Place of burialSt George Churchyard (Plot I, Row B, Grave No 3), Fovant, Wiltshire, England
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
185
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Matthew and Susan GRAY; husband of Esma GRAY, 2 Glenmack Avenue, St Kilda, Victoria
Other details

War service: England

Died of pneumonia, 28 October 1918.

Medal: British War Medal
Date of death28 October 1918

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