Duncan McGREGOR

Regimental number8/1298
Date of birth9 June 1895
Place of birthGoodwood, Otago
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationCleaner
AddressPalmerston, Otago
Marital statusSingle
Height5' 7.5"
Weight140 lbs
Next of kinFather, Alexander McGregor, Palmerston, Otago
Previous military serviceServed in 10th Regiment; still serving at time of NZEF enlistment.
Enlistment date19 October 1914
Place of enlistmentTrentham
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 2nd Reinforcements, Otago Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Willochra on 14 December 1914
Final rankSapper
Final unitNew Zealand Engineers
FateCommenced return to New Zealand 3 May 1918
Discharge date22 October 1918
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Embarked Alexandria to join the Mediteranean Expeditionary Force, Gallipoli, 12 April 1915.

Evacuated sick, 13 August 1915 (dysentery); disembarked Malta, 25 August 1915, and admitted to hospital; transferred to Ghain Taffeha, 27 August 1915 (enteritis); embarked for Egypt, 8 September 1915.

Embarked Alexandria, 27 September 1915; rejoined unit, Gallipoli, 4 October 1915.

Disembarked Alexandria, 9 November 1915 (dysentery), and admitted to NZ General Hospital, Abbassia; discharged to Convalescent Camp, Zeitoun, 12 December 1915; rejoined unit, Ismailia, 17 January 1916.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, France, 6 April 1916.

Found guilty, 11 December 1916, of (1) when on Active Service being in an Estaminet whilst on duty; (2) leaving horses and waggon unattended: awarded 7 days' Field Punishment No 1.

Found guilty, 5 June 1917, of neglect of duty resulting in loss of article of equipment, viz stencilled packet of sandbags: forfeited cost of article: 1/-.

Found guilty, 14 June 1917, of when on Active Service disobeying Regimental Orders with regards to identity disc: awarded 3 days' Field Punishment No 2.

Found guilty, 12 July 1917, of when on Active Service being absent from Tattoo Roll Call, 9 pm, until 9.50 pm: awarded 3 days' Field Punishment No 2.

On leave, 15 October 1917; rejoined unit, in the field, 30 October 1917.

Admitted to 1/2 West Riding Field Ambulance, and transferred to 44th Casualty Clearing Station, 8 April 1918 (pyrexia, unknown origin); placed on 'dangerously ill' list, 24 March 1918; transferred to No 3 Australian Casualty Clearing Station, 8 April 1918 (pneumonia); to Ambulance Train No 41, 12 April 1918, and admitted to No 22 General Hospital, 13 April 1918; removed from 'dangerously ill' list, 15 April 1918; transferred to England, 18 April 1918, and admitted same day to No 2 NZ General Hospital, Walton-on-Thames; placed on 'seriously ill' list, 24 April 1918.

Commenced return to New Zealand from Avonmouth on board HT 'Maheno', 3 May 1918; discharged (no longer physically fit for War Service on account of illness contracted on Active Service), 22 October 1918.

Total war service: 4 years 4 days (of which 3 years 181 days were abroad)

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Otago Infantry Batln/Second
Date of death21 December 1972 Oamaru
Age at death77
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805

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