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Daniel Richard GRAY

Regimental number405
Place of birthLiverpool, England
SchoolButler Street School, Liverpool, England
Age on arrival in Australia21
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Next of kinD. Gray, Hobton's Cottage, Sipson, England
Previous military serviceServed 2 years as Driver in Royal Army Service Corps.
Enlistment date27 August 1914
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll22 August 1914
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name2nd Battalion, D Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/19/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board Transport A23 Suffolk on 18 October 1914
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll2nd Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularName on RoH given as David Richard Gray
FateKilled in Action 26 April 1916
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll)*Stated to be David Richard Gray on NR
Place of death or woundingFleurbaix, France (Battle of Fromelles)
Age at death26
Age at death from cemetery records26
Place of burialRue-Du-Bois Military Cemetery (Plot i, Row E, Grave No. 34), Fleurbaix, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
32
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: David and Alice GRAY, Appleton's Cottages, Sipson, Yiewsley, Middx., England. Native of Liverpool, England. Cemetery details show name as "David"

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