Returned ANZACs,
Territory ANZACs,
First World War, 1914-1918,
Place of birth
Pine Creek,
Place of enlistment
Keswick (S.A.),
Date of enlistment
1915-06-14,
Age
23,
Occupation
Labourer,
Service
Australian Imperial Force,
Unit
10th Battalion, 9th Reinforcement,
Rank
Private,
Service number
2942,
Next of kin
Mary Veronica Gregg - Wife ; William Street, Kilkenny Blocks, S.A.,
Date of death
1946-12-18,
Place of death
Adelaide (S.A.),
Biographical notes
An older brother of Malcolm McArthur Gregg (7366),
History
Enlisted as an Engineer, Morphetville, S.A., 10 Sept 1914. (Service Number: 119). Discharged 15 December 1914 as 'unlikely to make an efficient soldier.' Re-enlisted as a Labourer, Keswick, S.A., 14 June 1915. (Service Number: 2942). Embarked Adelaide on board HMAT A15 'Star of England' on 21 September 1915. Served in France and Belgium. On 24 March 1919 he was sentenced to 10 years PS Parkhurst Prison for joining a mutiny. Returned to Australia per 'Ascanius' 23 September 1919 to complete sentence but was discharged as a disciplinary case on 6 November 1919 under the provisions of the amnesty.,
Subject
Australia. Army. Australian and New Zealand Army Corps,
History,
World War, 1914-1918,
Northern Territory,
ANZAC,
Related links
http://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/Imagine.asp?B=4710087,
http://static.awm.gov.au/images/collection/items/ACCNUM_LARGE/RCDIG1067553/RCDIG1067553--76-.JPG,
http://www.awm.gov.au/people/rolls/nominal_rolls/first_world_war/page/R1557073/,
http://www.awm.gov.au/collection/awm4/23/27/,
http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/5718572,
http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/26598336,
http://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/Imagine.asp?B=4710087 [Service Record],
http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/26598336 [The fighting 10th : a South Australian centenary souvenir of the 10th Battalion, A.I.F., 1914-1919 by Cecil Lock and Bert Lovell. Adelaide : Webb & Son, 1936.],
http://static.awm.gov.au/images/collection/items/ACCNUM_LARGE/RCDIG1067553/RCDIG1067553--76-.JPG [Embarkation Roll],
http://www.awm.gov.au/people/rolls/nominal_rolls/first_world_war/page/R1557073/ [Nominal Roll],
http://www.awm.gov.au/collection/awm4/23/27/ [Unit War Diary],
http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/5718572 [History of the 10th Battalion A.I.F. 10th Battalion A.I.F. : 1914-1918, Egypt, Gallipoli, France, Belgium by Arthur Limb. London ; Melbourne : Cassell and Co., 1919.],