James Leslie MacGregor

Forenames

James Leslie AWMM

Surname

MacGregor AWMM

Service number

WWI 11330 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Religion

Church of England, Christian AWMM

Birth

14 Aug 1880 Military Personnel File

Address before enlistment

WW1 "Ventnor", Devonport, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

WW1 Mrs Jessie MacGregor (wife), care of A. MacGregor, Fordell, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 01 May 1916 AWMM Married/WWI AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

• 1914-1919 AWMM Western Front AWMM
• 1917 AWMM Passchendaele AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 11330 AWMM

Medals and Awards

• Croix de Guerre (Belgium) AWMM
  The following citation was published in the Fifth Supplement to the London Gazette, 12 July 1918: "The following is among the decorations and medals awarded by the Allied Powers at various dates to the British Forces for distinguished services rendered during the course of the campaign. His Majesty the King has given unrestricted permission in all cases to wear the decorations and medals in question. AWMM
• Victory Medal AWMM
• British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Insurance agent/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 01 May 1916-09 Jun 1916 AWMM
HMNZT 51 AWMM Vessel was Ulimaroa AWMM Sergeant AWMM 12th Reinforcements, Otago Infantry Battalion, D Company AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Medical notes

19 Oct 1917 {Age 37} AWMM Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM
Battle of Passchendaele AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Lance Sergeant/Military AWMM
Auckland Infantry Regiment, 3rd Battalion, 15th (North Auckland) Company AWMM

Son of Alexander and Mary Leslie MacGregor, of Whareroa, Hunterville.

Husband of Jessie MacGregor, of Windsor Hill, Waipawa.

The Auckland Museum Library's manuscripts collection (MS 2005/18) contains several letters relating to MacGregor's death and war service.

Next of Kin: Mrs J. MacGregor, Windsor Hill Waipawa (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM

Death

19 Oct 1917 AWMM
Age  37 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of wounds AWMM

Cemetery

Nine Elms British Cemetery, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium AWMM IV.E.6. AWMM

Memorial name

• Hamilton Memorial Park, Memorial Drive, Hamilton East, 3216 AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
• McGregor Family Memorial, Matarawa Presbyterian Cemetery, No. Line 2, Matarawa, Wanganui
  Public - Alison - Researcher - 8 July 2022 - Physical sighting of memorial

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R10921694
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/137072/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/137072
  Further Reference
• Passchendaele Museum Profile
  https://archives.passchendaele.be/en/soldier/3269
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference

References

• Macdonald, L. (1978). Passchendaele : the story of the third Battle of Ypres 1917. London : Penguin Books.
• Harper, G. (2000). Massacre at Passchendaele : the New Zealand story. Auckland, N.Z.: HarperCollins.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  30: 11
• Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
  Vol. 2: Includes portrait
• NZWGT: Information supplied by the New Zealand War Graves Trust as part of the New Zealand War Graves project. This project was established in 2006 to record in text and photographs the 31,758 New Zealanders who have been identifed as serving with New Zealand or Allied forces, and who died in conflicts from the Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902) up to the present day and in peacekeeping operations.
• Information kindly provided by family
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• McDonald, W. (2013). Honours and Awards to the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the Great War, 1914-1918. (3rd ed.). Hamilton, N.Z.: Richard Stowers.
• Burton, O. (1922). The Auckland regiment : being an account of the doings on active service of the First, Second and Third Battalions of the Auckland Regiment. Wellington, N.Z.: Whitcombe & Tombs.