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CRAY, Donald
(Service number 55585)

Timaru Boys High School Memorial Library plaque (1914-1918), pictured in 2007 — (South Canterbury Museum )

Waimataitai School War Memorial, pictured in 2007 — (South Canterbury Museum )

St Mary's Church, Timaru, memorial plaque, circa 2010 — (South Canterbury Museum 2013/155.31)

Aliases
First Rank	private	Last Rank	Lance Corporal

Birth

Date	24/05/1897	Place of Birth	Greymouth

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment
Occupation	Bank Clerk
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	single
Next of Kin	G S Gray (father) Selwyn Street, Timaru
Religion	CoE
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	NZ Expeditionary Force
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	30th Reinforcements, E Company
Date	13 October 1917
Transport	HMNZT 94 Arawa
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination	Liverpool,England

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

Campaigns
Service Medals
Military Awards	Military Medal,

Award Circumstances and Date

London Gazette 11 Dec 1918, p 14670, rec no 2275 For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date		Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	29 September 1918	Age	21
Place of Death	Havrincourt,France
Cause	Killed in action
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Grevillers (NZ) Memorial, Grevillers British Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials	On Memorial wall, Timaru; Timaru Boys High School War Memorial (Library) (listed as D Cray M.M.); Waimataitai School War Memorial; Memorial Plaque, Bank of NZ Arcade, Wellington; Memorial plaque, St Mary's Church, Timaru

Biographical Notes

son of George Stephen and Mary Helen Cray, Timaru

Sources

Cenotaph [20 October 2014]

External Links

Researched and Written by

Liz Shea, SC branch NZSG

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