condensed discuss document expanded export feedback print share remove reset document_white enquire_white export_white report_white

Cenotaph record

Gordon McGregor

-
Lay a poppy
Portrait, Gordon McGregor, 1949. (photo kindly supplied by a family member) - This image may be subject to copyright

Portrait, Gordon McGregor, 1949. (photo kindly supplied by a family member) - This image may be subj …

Identity

About

Contribute ›
  • Title
  • Forenames
    Gordon AWMM
  • Surname
    McGregor AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    32542 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Open Brethren, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

Contribute ›
  • Birth
    7 January 1916 AWMM AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    • Unknown AWMM 45 Moxham Avenue, Haitaitai, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
    • Unknown AWMM 45 Moxham Avenue, Haitaitai, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Retail Employee/Civilian AWMM
    Electrical and electronic retailing with Lamphouse Group AWMM
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • Mr A.R. McGregor (father), Post Office, Pokeno, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
    • Mrs M. McGregor (wife), C/o Children's Home, Marton, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

Contribute ›
  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    32542 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

Contribute ›

Training and Enlistment

Contribute ›
  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Prisoner of war

Contribute ›
  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

Contribute ›
  • Medical notes

Last known rank

Contribute ›

Biographical information

Biographical information

Contribute ›
  • Furloughed to New Zealand and married in 1943, before returning to the Italian Campaign

    Gordon McGregor was married to Maisie (27 April 1915 - 19 January 2000) and the father of Murray, Lindsay, David and Jocelyn. AWMM

Death

About death

Contribute ›
  • Death
    28 August 1969 AWMM
    Age 53 AWMM
    AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Purewa Cemetery and Crematorium, Meadowbank, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM Block J Row 17 Plot 047 AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

Contribute ›
  • Memorial name

Roll of Honour

Remember Gordon McGregor by laying a poppy.

Leave a note

Leave a tribute or memory of Gordon McGregor

Leave a note

Contribute ›
  • Great to see my father remembered this way . Thanks to the contributors
    He died when i was only 14 years old
    Public - Jocelyn - Child - 18 July 2023
    Report 

Sources

Sources

Contribute ›
  • External links
  • References
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 3 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1940 to 31st March, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 3: WW2 294 AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 13 (Embarkations from 1st January, 1944 to 31st March, 1944). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 13: WW2 76 AWMM
    • Puttick, E. (1960). 25 Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM

Contributors

Command item
Command item
Add new record Refresh
DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
18 July 2023JocelynAucklandChild

The development of the Online Cenotaph is an ongoing process; updates, new images and records are added weekly. In some cases, records have yet to be confirmed by Museum staff, and there could be mistakes or omissions in the information provided.

Creative Commons LicenseOnline Cenotaph Data by Auckland War Memorial Museum is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.