Ancestor Details
Name of Ancestor: Arthur Alva Gray
Ancestor's date of birth: 01/01/1876
Ancestor's date of death: 25/04/1917
Cause of Death: KIA at Ypres whilst serving with 1st Australian Tunnelling Company
Service Number: 92
Colony or State of enlistment: QLD, Place of Enlistment: Detail not provided
Unit: 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
Rank attained in Boer War: PTE, Date Effective: 1900
Highest Rank attained (if served after war): SPR, Date Effective: 21/01/1916
Murray Page: 481
Contingent: Fourth Queensland
Ship: Manchester Post, Date of Sailing: 18/05/1900
Memorial details: 1st Australian Tunnelling Company Memorial, Hill 60, Ypres.
Decorations: Queen' South Africa Medal with Transvaal clasp Medal, British War Medal, Victory Medal.
Personal Characteristics: Must have been a bushman (had to be to be in the QIB) and most likely a miner (most of the tunnelers were).
Reasons to go and fight: Detail not provided
Details of service in war: Landed June 1900 served in Free State, Transvaal, and battle of Rhenoster Kop (29 November 1900). Invalided home to Australia with injury to right leg. Discharged 15/12/1900. Click Here
for more information on the 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen.
Service and life after the Boer War: Enlisted in Australian Naval and Military Expeditionery Force on 15/12/1914 and served in New Guinea. On 21/1/1916 in Brisbane transferred/reenlisted with AIF and was allocated to the Fourth Tunnelling Company. KIA at Ypres whilst serving with 1st Australian Tunnelling Company.
Descendant Details
Name of Descendant: Alex Mc Naughton, Geebung QLD
Relationship to Ancestor: GrandsonName of Descendant: Samuel Hopper, Deagon QLD
Relationship to Ancestor: nephew
