John GREGORY

Regimental number12/1964
Date of birth17 April 1884
Place of birthNew Plymouth
ReligionWesleyan
OccupationPlasterer
Addressc/o Mrs Payne, Hobson Street, Hastings
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation30.8
Height5' 9.25"
Weight171 lbs
Next of kinWife, Mrs Rose Gregory, 17 Byron Street, Sydenham, Christchurch
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date11 January 1915
Place of enlistmentTrentham
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 4th Reinforcements, Auckland Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 21 Willochra on 17 April 1915
Final rankPrivate
Final unitAuckland Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 8 August 1915
Age at death from cemetery records30
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsChunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial (Panel No 10), Gallipoli, Turkey
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Husband of Rose M. Forbes (formerly Gregory), Sydenham, Christchurch
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Joined unit at Gallipoli, 8 June 1915.

Reported missing, 8 August 1915.

Board of Enquiry, held at Moascar Camp, Ismailia, 16 January 1916, concluded: 'Now reported believed dead'.

War service: 210 days (of which 114 days were abroad)

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Auckland Infantry Batln/Fourth
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 16788860

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