Robert McGREGOR

Regimental number8/1784
Date of birth11 November 1877
Place of birthOamaru
ReligionPresbyterian
AddressUsk Street, Oamaru
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation37
Height5' 3.5"
Next of kinWife, Mrs B McGregor, Usk Street, Oamaru
Previous military serviceServed in 9th Battery, Oarmarus, and for 4 years in Oarmaru Rifles.
Place of enlistmentTrentham
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 4th Reinforcements, Otago Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Willochra on 17 April 1915
Discharge date11 November 1915
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Admitted to 15th Stationary Hospital, Mudros, 28(?) June 1915 (diarrhoea); discharged to duty, 2 July 1915; rejoined unit, Gallipoli, 4 July 1915.

Wounded in action (date not recorded); admitted to EA Hospital, Cairo, 9 July 915 (gun shot wound, right arm).

Commenced return to New Zealand on board HMNZT 'Tahiti', 11 September 1915; discharged (medically unfit), 11 November 1915

Total war service: 305 days (of which 148 days were abroad)

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Otago Infantry Batln/Fourth
Date of death28 July 1944 Dunedin
Age at death66
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805

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