GRAY, Robert Nigel
| Service Numbers: | 251, 38735, Q207508 |
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| Enlisted: | 2 September 1914, Gympie, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 13th Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Hughenden, Queensland, Australia, 6 June 1890 |
| Home Town: | Murgon, South Burnett, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer/Clerk |
| Died: | Natural causes, Nambour, Queensland, Australia, 15 October 1966, aged 76 years |
| Cemetery: |
Albany Creek Memorial Park-Cemetery & Crematorium, Queensland Cremation |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 2 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 251, 9th Infantry Battalion, Gympie, Queensland | |
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| 24 Sep 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 251, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Omrah, Brisbane | |
| 24 Sep 1914: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 251, 9th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Omrah embarkation_ship_number: A5 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 251, 9th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 25 Apr 1915: | Wounded ANZAC / Gallipoli, GSW - both arms and chest | |
| 7 Aug 1915: | Wounded The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli, 2nd occasion - GSW (chest) | |
| 1 Aug 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 38735, Field Artillery Brigades, Brisbane, Queensland | |
| 19 Dec 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 38735, Field Artillery Brigades, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Dec 1917: | Embarked AIF WW1, Corporal, 38735, Field Artillery Brigades, HMAT Ulysses, Sydney | |
| 16 Feb 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Gunner, 38735, Field Artillery Brigades | |
| 16 Nov 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Bombardier, 14th Field Artillery Brigade | |
| 11 Dec 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 14th Field Artillery Brigade | |
| 14 Apr 1919: | Transferred AIF WW1, Corporal, 13th Field Artillery Brigade |
World War 2 Service
| 19 Mar 1942: | Enlisted Sergeant, Q207508, Murgon, Queensland |
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Wounded at the Gallipoli landing on 25 Apr 1915, and then wounded (2nd occasion) on 07 Aug 1915 (Lone Pine). Robert returned to Australian and was discharged on 09 Feb 1916.
He reinlisted on 01 Aug 1917 for further service in France, and returned to Australia to be discharged on 03 Nov 1919.
Robert also enlisted for service in WW2 on 19 Mar 1942 aged 51, in the Volunteer Defence Corps as Sergeant. He was discharged 4 years later with the rank of W.O.II on 06 Aug 1946 aged 56.
Biography contributed by Ian Lang
Robert Gray was one of a group of ten men who were members of either the Murgon or Cloyna Rifle Clubs. All ten enlisted in Gympie on 2nd September 1914 and were placed into “B” Company of the 9th Battalion at Enoggera with consecutive service numbers. Robert had been born in Hughenden but by the time of his enlistment at age 24, he was farming at Wanjinnji, Murgon.
The ten mates remained together during the voyage from Australia and the period of training in Egypt. On 25thApril, the Murgon Ten were in the first group to land at Anzac Cove.
Robert received wounds to his arms and chest while serving on Gallipoli. He was returned to Australia and was discharged in February 1916. In August 1917, Robert re-enlisted and was posted to the 14th Field Artillery. He continued to serve until the end of the war and then returned to farming at Murgon in 1919. During the second world war, Robert served with the Volunteer Defence Corps from 1942 to 1946.
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