Sergeant

William Alexander Gray

MM

Awards

Conflict: 
WW1
Additional Information: 

Son of Clare Makin, of 78, Tasman St., Wellington, New Zealand. Native of Sydney, New South Wales. Also served at Gallipoli.

References:
  • CWGC
  • Archives New Zealand
NZ WAR GRAVES

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Personal Tributes:

Casualty

Service Number: 
10/2429
Name:
William Alexander Gray
Rank: 
Sergeant
Date of Birth:
Not known
Next of Kin: 
W.F. Gray (father), G.P.O., Wellington, New Zealand
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Enlistment Address: 
Cambridge Street, Levin, New Zealand
Armed Force: 
Army
Unit:
NZEF, Wellington Regiment, 1 Battalion, 7 (Wellington-West Coast) Company

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Killed in action
Date of Death:
01 April 1918
Day of Death:
Monday
Age at Death: 
21
Conflict: 
WW1

Embarkation Details

Bodies of Embarkation:

Samoan Advance Party
5th Reinforcements
Places of Embarkation:

Wellington, New Zealand
Wellington, New Zealand
Transport:

HMNZT 1
HMNZT 2
HMNZT 24
HMNZT 25
HMNZT 26
Vessels:

Moeraki or Monowai
Maunganui or Tahiti or Aparima
Destinations:

Apia, Samoa
Suez, Egypt (24 July - 6 August 1915)

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery Reference: 
I. J. 58.
Cemetery Location: 
France
William Alexander Gray
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