Gregson, William Hilder

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B.A., B.E., L.S. : Sergeant, 7th Field Coy., Engineers, A.I.F., Egypt and France. Enlisting in July, 1915, and sailing in November, served three months on Suez Canal and, crossing to France in March, 1916, fought at Pozieres, where wounded 5th August, and in Somme sector till death. Promoted corporal, 8th March, 1916, and sergeant, 16th July. Killed in Action, Flers, 14th November, 1916—at first reported Wounded and Missing—and buried in Warlencourt British Cemetery. Early education at All Saints'' College, Bathurst. Later at St. Paul's.

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1877

Birth in Waratah -- NSW, Australia 16 April 1877
1895

Early education at All Saints' College, Bathurst, NSW, Australia 1895
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Tertiary education at University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia 1898
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Tertiary education at University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia 1901
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Engineer at Broken Hill -- NSW, Australia 1901
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Lived at 1901 - 1905 @ Broken Hill [ NSW Australia ]
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Lived at 1905 - 1910 @ Canada [ Canada ]
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Lived at 1905 - 1910 @ United States Of America [ USA ]
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Married 5 Feb 1912 at Neutral Bay [ Sydney Australia ]
1915

Enlisted 1 Jul 1915
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Military service as Sergeant at Egypt --, Egypt ; France --, France
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Gregson, Edward Jesse
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Engineer at Canada --, Canada
1916

Death in Flers -Maze (Flers)-, France 14 November 1916

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Male

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