Patrick Joseph McGREE

Regimental number10/1586
Date of birth6 August 1885
Place of birthMcLeay River, New South Wales, Australia
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationLabourer
AddressTaruheru, Gisborne
Marital statusSingle
Height5' 8.5"
Weight150 lbs
Next of kinFather, James McGree, Nambucca River, New South Wales, Australia
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date21 December 1914
Place of enlistmentTrentham
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 3rd Reinforcements, Wellington Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Tahiti on 14 February 1915
Final rankPrivate
Final unitWellington Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 8 August 1915
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsChunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial (Panel No 21), Gallipoli, Turkey
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Mr & Mrs James McGree, Taylor's Arm, Macksville, Nambucca River, New South Wales, Australia
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 3888 Pte John Ambrose McGREE, 1st Bn, AIF, died of wounds, 26 July 1916; 8/2076 Pte Michael Dennis McGREE, 2nd Bn, Otago Infantry Regiment, killed in action, 18 July 1918.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Joined Bn, Gallipoli, 9 May 1915.

Reported Missing, 8 August 1915.

Board of Enquiry, held at Moascar Camp, Ismailia, 16 January 1916, concluded 'Believed to be dead'.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Wellington Infantry Batln/Third
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 10924459