GRAY, Arthur Horace Leslie
| Service Numbers: | 485, 7 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 February 1915, Liverpool, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Regimental Sergeant Major |
| Last Unit: | 19th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Yass, New South Wales, Australia, 14 November 1883 |
| Home Town: | Dulwich Hill, Marrickville, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Goulburn State School & Gundagai State School |
| Occupation: | Printing rotary machinist |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 10 November 1916, aged 32 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Sydney Morning Herald and Sydney Mail Record of War Service, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 485, 5th Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse | |
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| 2 May 1902: | Involvement AIF WW1, Bugler, 485, 5th Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse |
World War 1 Service
| 1 Feb 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7, Liverpool, New South Wales | |
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| 25 Jun 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Drummer Sergeant, 7, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne | |
| 25 Jun 1915: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Drummer Sergeant, 7, 19th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' |
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| 16 Aug 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 7, 19th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 10 Nov 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Regimental Sergeant Major, 7, 19th Infantry Battalion, 'The Winter Offensive' - Flers/Gueudecourt winter of 1916/17 |
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"GOULBURN AND THE WAR.
A cablegram was received on Wednesday by Mrs. George Gray, of Goethe, Charlecot-street, Dulwich Hill, late of Goulburn, that her second youngest son, Sergeant-major (Bugler) A. Gray, D.C.M., was killed in action in France on November 10. Deceased was 34 years of age, and prior to enlisting was employed in the machine department of the Sydney Morning Herald. He was a member of the military forces of this State. He served in the Boer war under Brigadier General Holmes, who was then a captain. On the outbreak of the present war Bugler Staff-sergeant-major Gray was the first of the 86 employees of the Herald to enlist, and one of the first in the State. He went to Rabaul, and on his return proceeded to the Dardanelles, and subsequently to France. During October last the late bugler was awarded the D.C.M. for gallantry in carrying ammunition under heavy fire, during which he was blown up and buried by a shell explosion. Deceased was the chief bugler in the military district of this State. (Sgt.-major Gray was a son of the late Mr. George Gray, at one time part proprietor of the Goulburn Evening Penny Post, and subsequently proprietor of the Yass Tribune.) - from the Goulburn Evening Penny Post 09 Dec 1916 (nla.gov.au)
Biography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of George and Mary GRAY, Charlotte Street, Dulwich Hill, Sydney, NSW
Arthur (as he was known), was the second youngest son of Mrs. George Gray of Dulwich Hill, formerly of Goulburn. Born in 1884 and educated at the Goulburn and Gundagai Superior Public Schools he was employe in the machine department of the Sydney Morning Herald.
One of the first to enlist from this office, he went to Rabaul under the late Brigadier-General Holmes, with whom he had served as a bugler in the Boer War, and on the return of that officer proceeded with him to the Darndanelles, and subsequently to France in the capacity of Buger Staff-Sergeant- Major. In October 1916, he was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal for gallantry in carrying ammunition under heavy fire. He was killed in action two months later.
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