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Reginald Francis McGREGOR

Regimental number4056
Date of birth3 December 1896
Place of birthSydney, New South Wales
SchoolBroke Public School; East Maitland Boys High School, New South Wales
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationBank clerk
AddressBroke, via Singleton, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinFather, G McGregor, Broke, via Singleton, New South Wales
Previous military serviceServed in the Cadets. Served in the Militia Forces
Enlistment date10 August 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name3rd Battalion, 12th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/20/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A7 Medic on 30 December 1915
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularJoined the Bank of New South Wales, Maitland branch, 28 May 1914. Transferred to port Macquarie branch, July 1914; to Quirindi branch, April 1915.
FateKilled in Action 1 March 1917
Place of death or woundingBapaume, Somme Sector, France
Age at death20
Age at death from cemetery records20
Place of burialWarlencourt British Cemetery (Plot IV, Row D, Grave No. 12), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
37
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: George and Ada MCGREGOR, Broke, New South Wales
Other details

War service: Western Front

Taken prisoner of war, Bapaume, March 1917. Shot while attempting to escape rather than give in to German demands that he point out allied strong positions.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Sources 'Bank of New South Wales Roll of Honour' (Sydney, 1921), p. 269.

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