Hurtle James GREGORY
B: 23rd May 1898 D: 24th Dec 1966
Born: 23 May 1898, Farina SA (Genealogy SA database: Book/Page: 622/305 – “Birth Residence- Beltana”)
Died: 24 December 1966, Adelaide SA (Genealogy SA database: 22A/9146)
Paternal Grandparents:
Oliver Gregory b. c1825 Nottinghamshire; arr SA 1848 Bolton; d 23 Jan 1902
married Mar 14 1844 Devonshire, England
Ann Maunder b. c 1827 died 8 Feb 1903
(they had 16 or 17 children; Thomas was eldest son)
Maternal Grandparents:
Joseph Hisgrove b. 1835/6 Somerset England; d. 25 May 1917
married 14th January 1857, Truro SA
Margaret Kelly b. c1838/9; d 12th Feb 1907
(they had “possibly 21 children (several multiple births) of whom only nine survived to adulthood)
Father: Thomas GREGORY (B: 18 Feb 1849, D: 15 November 1926, Torrensville, (Genealogy SA database: Book/Page: 491/32); buried West Terrace Cemetery Adelaide;
Mother: Mary Ann HISGROVE (B: 25 Feb 1861, SA D: died 28 Dec 1929, Torrensville (Genealogy SA database: Book/Page: 517/402)); buried West Terrace Cemetery Adelaide
Parents’ Marriage: 12 December 1876, Mount Lyndhurst SA (nb surname spelt ‘Grigory’ on Marriage Registration) Genealogy SA database: Book/Page: 109/865 )
Siblings:
Margaret Ann, born 26th March 1879; married Thomas Robert EVANS 30 September 1901; died 22 October 1951
Joseph Oliver “Clem”, born 9 February 1880; died 1 October 1880
Sarah Jane, born 16 March 1881; married William Joseph GREIG 28 May 1904 (nb surname spelt ‘Griggory’ on Marriage Registration); died 29 July 1959
Laura Elizabeth, born 14 October 1883; died 30 October 1883
William Henry Lyndhurst, born 2 November 1884; married Meta ZIMMERMAN c1907; died 4 August 1954
Ellen Frances Blanche, born 2 July 1886; died 2 November 1944
Lily (also spelt Lillie) May, born 9 June 1888; married John James PARKER 27 April 1914 ; died 2 June 1964 (nb surname spelt Griggory on both Birth & Marriage Regs)
Thomas Hisgrove, born 12 August 1890; died 25 June 1960
Leah Daisy Gertrude, born 7 October 1892 (nb surname spelt Griggory on Birth Registration); married Albert Charles PARKER 27 April 1914 (named Leah Gertrude Griggory on Marriage Reg); died 11 June 1967
Florence Mirrim (also spelt Miriam), born 28 April 1894; married John Percival TAYLOR 26 September 1917; died 10 July 1975 (nb surname spelt Griggory on Birth Registration)
Lyod (also spelt Lloyd) born & died 19 September 1896 (from MyHeritage; not on SA Genealogy database)
John Baden-Powell “Baden” born 12 July 1900; married Evelyn Francis MORONY 23 September 1933; died 22 August 1975 (nb surname spelt Griggory on Birth Registration)
Royal Frank born 13 July 1901; married Alvina Lilian HAIGH 6 October 1928; died 11 June 1982 (nb surname spelt Griggory on Birth Registration)
Alice Maude born 4 February 1903 (from MyHeritage; not on SA Genealogy database); married Clifford Robert Eugene DOWNING 22 June 1922; died 27 April 1942
Wife
Linda Kathleen Downs WOOLLEY “Linda” born 6 June 1900 New Thebarton, District of Hindmarsh SA (Genealogy SA database: Book/Page: 660/265)
died 29 April 1946, Hilton SA (Genealogy SA database: Book/Page: 699/1875)
buried 30 April 1946 West Terrace Cemetery Adelaide SA
Marriage of Hurtle James and Linda Kathleen Downs 14 May 1927, West Adelaide SA (Genealogy SA database: Book/Page: 311/675)
Children:
Son Brian Alfred born 29 January 1931, Adelaide SA (birth not registered); died 14 February 1931, North Adelaide SA (Genealogy SA database: Book/Page: 526/418 – Death Registration)
Son Noel Dean born 23 November 1932 (birth not registered) He married ‘unknown’ ; 2nd Marriage Helen Dorothy MARRS, 2 January 1982, Adelaide SA
(not yet on Genealogy SA database) Child/ren from first marriage – name/s unknown; Noel was an Electrical Contractor; He died 24 April 2009, Adelaide SA
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WORLD WAR 1 SERVICE
1st Enlistment date 4 November 1915 Occupation: Clerk;
Medical Discharge 29 February 1916 (‘vision’)
2nd Enlistment date 2 October 1916 Occupation: Clerk;
Service No. 6088; Rank: Private
27th Battalion AIF 17th Reinforcement
Departed Adelaide 7 November 1916 on A19 Africa
AWM Embarkation Roll No 7324; disembarked Plymouth 9 January 1917
Wounded in Action 5 October 1917, Belgium
Embarked for England 3 November 1917; to Liverpool Hospital “Pneumonia, Pleurisy”
Returned to Australia 15 February 1918 on Hospital Carrier;
Discharged (Medically Unfit: ‘Trachoma’) 1 May 1918
Medals: 1914/15 Star; British War Medal; Victory Medal
3rd Enlistment (WW2): 5 April 1942 (from VWMA*)
Service No. S67438
1st (Western Adelaide) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC was officially disbanded on 24 August 1945)
Discharged 12 April 1944 (from MyHeritage; not yet available on NAA database)
No known land ownership at Farina.
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