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GREGGE, Harry Alexander Francis
(Service number 49662)

Aliases
First Rank Corporal Last Rank

Birth

Date 18 September 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
Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

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Death

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Memorial Reference
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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