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Walter Roy McGregor 1918–1945 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 26 JUL 1918

Birth Location: Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia

Death Date: Mar 1945

Death Location: New Guinea

Father: John McGregor

Mother: Amelia Smith

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Walter Roy McGregor was born in 1918 in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, the child of John Mcgregor And Amelia Ellen Smith. Walter Roy McGregor passed away in 1945 in New Guinea.

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Biography

  • Walter Roy McGregor was born in 1918 in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, the child of John Mcgregor And Amelia Ellen Smith.
  • Walter Roy McGregor passed away in 1945 in New Guinea.

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Walter McGregor's Ancestors

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Walter McGregor
1918–1945
Birth Place: Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
Parents
John McGregor
1888–1962
Gowie Little Plain, Aubigny, Toowoomba, Colony of Queensland, Australia
Amelia (Ellen) Smith
1880–1953
Enfield, Middlesex, England
Grandparents
John McGregor
1856–1929
Portadown, County Armagh, Ireland
Agnes Gillis
1862–1939
Boggandilla Station, Ichanning, Miles, Queensland, Australia
Great-Grandparents
James McGregor
1825–
Mary Hoy
1821–
William Gillis
1821–1882
Jane Eyles
1823–1891
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Walter Eyles
1790–1870
Jane Primmer
1797–1842

Walter McGregor's Timeline

3 Records

1918
26 JUL 1918
Birth of Walter Roy McGregor in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
1945
16 MAR 1945
Age 27
Death of Walter Roy McGregor in Kokopo, East New Britain, Papua New Guinea
Kokopo, East New Britain, Papua New Guinea
1945
Mar 1945
Age 27
Burial of Walter Roy McGregor in New Guinea
New Guinea

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 26 JUL 1918
    Event Place: Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
    Record Source: UK, Commonwealth War Graves, 1914-1921 and 1939-1947, Commonwealth War Graves Commission; Author: Peter Singlehurst; Series Title: British Commonwealth War Graves Registers, 1914-1918; Archive Name: London, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 16 MAR 1945
    Event Place: Kokopo, East New Britain, Papua New Guinea
    Record Source: UK, Commonwealth War Graves, 1914-1921 and 1939-1947, Commonwealth War Graves Commission; Author: Peter Singlehurst; Series Title: British Commonwealth War Graves Registers, 1914-1918; Archive Name: London, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: Mar 1945
    Event Place: New Guinea
    Record Source: UK, Commonwealth War Graves, 1914-1921 and 1939-1947, Commonwealth War Graves Commission; Author: Peter Singlehurst; Series Title: British Commonwealth War Graves Registers, 1914-1918; Archive Name: London, United Kingdom

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