John Joseph GRAY

Regimental number3113
Place of birthYandoit, Victoria
SchoolState School, Hawthorn, Victoria
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationSleeper cutter
AddressLowden via Donnybrook, Western Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation34
Next of kinWife, Mrs Elizabeth Gray, Lowden via Donnybrook, Western Australia
Enlistment date11 September 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name28th Battalion, 7th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/45/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A7 Medic on 18 January 1916
Rank from Nominal RollLance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll28th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularEnlisted September 1915.
FateKilled in Action 4 October 1917
Place of death or woundingWesthoek, Belgium
Age at death37
Place of burialAeroplane Cemetery (Plot II, Row A, Grave No. 20), Ypres, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
113
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: George and Elizabeth GRAY; husband of E.A. GRAY, Forrest Avenue, south Bunbury, Western Australia. Native of Yandoit, Victoria
Family/military connectionsBrother: Sergeant GRAY, returned; brother in law: MM, returned.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal