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John Millyard GRAY

Regimental number2799
Place of birthKew, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationUpholsterer
Address45 Fitzwilliam Street, Kew, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Height5' 7.5"
Weight132 lbs
Next of kinFather, John Howard Gray, 45 Fitzwilliam Street, Kew, Victoria
Previous military serviceServed for 4 years in the Senior Cadets, Area 53B.
Enlistment date26 June 1915
Place of enlistmentMelbourne, Victoria
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name7th Battalion, 9th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/24/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A16 Star Of Victoria on 10 September 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll59th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 19 July 1916
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsV.C. Corner (Panel No 16), Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
167
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Admitted to Anzac Advanced Base, Mudros, 4 December 1915; discharged to join unit, 6 December 1915; joined 7th Bn, Gallipoli, 7 December 1916.

Disembarked Alexandria, 7 January 1916 (general Gallipoli evacuation).

Found guilty by Field General Court Martial, Serapeum, 15 January 1916, of while on Active Service committing an offence against the property of an inhabitant of the country in which he was serving (Lemnos Island): awarded 30 days' Field Punishment No 2. Award quashed by C-in-C owing to irregularities in the conduct of the Court Martial, 31 January 1916.

Transferred to and joined 59th Bn, Tel el Kebir, 24 February 1916.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 18 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 29 June 1916.

Posted missing, 19 July 1916.

Court of Enquiry, held in the field, 29 August 1917, pronounced fate as 'Killed in Action, 19 July 1916'.

Handwritten note on Form B103: 'Presume Buried In No Man's Land approx 5J90 43 to 5K02.5.1 Sheet Hazebrouck 5A'.

Statement, Red Cross File No 1210109, 4526 Pte C. WOOLPUT, 60th Bn (patient, Beaufort War Hospital, Bristol, England), 14 December 1916: 'Gray's paybook and other effects were brought in by Cpl. Potter and S/M Bentley. Gray was reported dead by them.'

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, GRAY John Millyard
Red Cross file 1210109

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