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Private Richard Hubert Le Gray

Commemorated at
Memorial Name
Gosford Cenotaph
Mangrove Mountain Union Church Memorial Tablet
Given name
Richard Hubert
Family name
Le Gray
Gender
Male
Service number
6330
Conflicts
First World War, 1914–18
Fate
Died of disease (DOD)
Fate date
16 December 1916
Additional information
Place of birth
Cootamundra, NSW
Religion
Roman Catholic
Occupation
Farmer
Address given on enlistment documents
Mangrove Mountain, via Gosford

Marital status
Single
Age at embarkation (years)
21
Next of kin
Sister, Mrs Ruby O’Neill of of Unanderra, NSW
Enlistment date
Tue, 24 October 1916
Embarkation details
Departed from Sydney on board HMAT A29 'Suevic' on 11 November 1916
Last held rank
Private
Unit at embarkation
17th Battalion - 18th Reinforcement
Service
Australian Army - First Australian Imperial Force (1st AIF)
Veteran Notes/Bio

Le Gray died of pneumonia on 16 December 1916 at the General Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa. He was buried in the Cape Town (Maitland) Cemetery, South Africa. 

His service documents have been collated in the document From Anzac to Armistice: Gosford District Casualties of World War I. It is accessible via the link below and has been provided courtesy of the Central Coast Library Service.

Penang Mountain (9 Nov 1916)
No title (4 Jan 1917)
Australian War Memorial - Roll of Honour, Richard Hubert Le Gray
Central Coast Library Service - From Anzac to Armistice: Gosford District Casua…
National Archives of Australia - Richard Hubert Le Gray
The A.I.F. Project - Richard Hubert Le Gray

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