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GREGGE, Harry Alexander Francis
(Service number 49662)

Aliases
First Rank	Corporal	Last Rank

Birth

Date	18/09/1895	Place of Birth	Timaru

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment
Occupation	Railway porter
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	Mrs A. GREGGE (mother), Arthur Street, Timaru
Religion	Anglican
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	25th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Regiment, C Company
Date	9 June 1917
Transport	Willochra
Embarked From		Destination

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No information

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Death

Date	*1977	Age
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New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Henry Alexander Francis Gregge was the son of Henry William Mitchell and Ailsa Jane (née McCaa) Gregge. Harry returned to Timaru with Draft 187 which brought a large number of soldiers home in early October 1918. He married Evelyn Mary Andrews. Evelyn died in 1954.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [09 July 2019]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [July 2019]; Evening Post, 30 September 1918 (Papers Past) [16 August 2016]

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Researched and Written by

Teresa Scott, SC branch NZSG

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