Robert William Gray

Forenames

Robert William AWMM

Surname

Gray AWMM

Also known as

R.M. Gray AWMM

Service number

WWI 49705 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

10 Jun 1895 Public Source

Date of birth

10 June 1895

Public - David Robert - Other relative - 17 November 2018 - Family Bible

Next of kin

Mrs Elizabeth Gray (mother), Monavale, Cambridge, New Zealand AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 49705 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Farmer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 09 Jun 1917-16 Aug 1917 AWMM
HMNZT 85 AWMM Vessel was Willochra AWMM Private AWMM 26th Reinforcements, Auckland Infantry Regiment, A Company AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Medical notes

Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
Auckland Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion AWMM

Robert Gray was the only son of William and Elizabeth Gray, 203 Remuera Road, Auckland.

Listed as R.M. Gray on the Cambridge War Memorial

Next of Kin: Mr W. Gray, Remuera, Auckland (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM

Death

16 Sept 1918 AWMM
Age  23 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of wounds AWMM

Cemetery

Bagneux British Cemetery, Gezaincourt, Somme, France AWMM V.F.23 AWMM

Memorial name

• Cambridge War Memorial, Queen Street, Cambridge, New Zealand AWMM
• Hautapu RSA Memorial 1914-1918 and 1939-1945, Leamington, Cambridge AWMM
• Cambridge Cenotaph, Victoria St, Cambridge 3434 AWMM
• Cambridge World War One War Memorials AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R16788379
  Further Reference
• Cambridge Museum Roll of Honour World War 1
  http://www.cambridgemuseum.org.nz/Military/ww1/ww1roh.htm
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/57390/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/57390
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference

References

• 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.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  66: 4
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• HMNZT 85. The straggler's echo : an unreliable record of the 26th Reinforcements on board H.M. Troopship. [1917]. Capetown: Cape Times Printers.