In Memory Of

WRAY, WILLIAM

Service Details
Age:
 35
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Service No:
 5692
Rank:
 Private
Unit:
 18th Bn.
Unit 2:
 "D" Coy.
Regiment:
 Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
Date of Death:
 -0001-11-30
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, by shrapnel, while resting in a billet, at Gentelles, Somme, France.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 I. G. 8.
Cemetery:
 UNKNOWN CEMETERY
Localitly:
 Somme
Country:
 France
Additional Information
Son of Samuel and Elizabeth Wray (nee Cook); husband of Ellen Wray, of "Rayville," Undercliffe Rd., Undercliffe, New South Wales. Born Navan, County Meath, Ireland in March 1883; worked in Durban, South Africa; served with the 2nd Battalion, Durban Light Infantry; served with the Western Province Mounted Rifles in the ABW 1899-1902. Emigrated to Australia; employed by the NSW Railways; enlisted 1 May 1916; embarked for Europe 9 September1916; served as a signaller with the 18th Battalion in France & Belgium. Commemorated on Durban Corporation WW1 Memorial. Commemorated on Navan War Memorial. Commemorated on New South Wales Railway Station Memorial.