Weight: 148lb.
Hair: Dark.
Eyes: Blue.
Height: 5''7".
Complexion: Fair.
Chest: 34"- 37".
Last NZ Employer: Cable & Coy, Kaiwarra, Wellington.
NOK: Mrs RG (Clare) Makin, Clay St, Thorndon or 78 Tasman St, Berhampore, Wellington.
Awarded Military Medal for acts of Gallantry in the field 22 October 1916. (London Gazette 9 December 1916)
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| Date of birth: | 22 November 1895 |
| Date of death: | 01 April 1918 |
| Place of birth: | Woollahra, NSW, Australia |
| Awards: | Military Medal received 22 October 1916, 1914 15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
| Occupation: | Marine Engineer. |
| Last known residence: | Cambridge St, Levin (30 April 1915) |
| Cause of death: | Killed in action |
| Place of death: | In the Field, France |
| Buried where: | Sucrerie Military Cemetery, Colincamps. I.J.58 |
| Spouses name: | Unmarried |
| Fathers name: | William F Gray |
| Mothers name: | Clara Bailey Makin (née Bailey married Robert Makin 1906 NZ) |
| Parents date of marriage: | 1896 |
| Siblings: | Winifred F (b1899), other sisters, a brother, , and |
| Parents place of marriage: | NSW, Australia |
| Date of arrival overseas: | 29 August 1914 |
| Theatres of war: | Samoa 1914, Egyptian 1915, 1916, Egyptian EF 1916, Gallipoli 1915, Western Europe 1916, 1917, 1918 |
| Place of embarkation: | on HMT Monowai |
| Surname: | GRAY |
| War memorial: | Levin, Weraroa Peace Gates, Foxton, Foxton School |
| Christian names: | William Alexander |
| Place of arrival overseas: | Samoa |
| Wars: | WW1 |
| Service number: | 10/2429 |
| Religion: | C of E |
| Date enlisted: | 09 August 1914 |
| Final rank: | Sergeant |
| Regiment or service: | No 7 (Wellington West Coast) Coy 1st Bn Wellington Regiment NZEF |
| Embarkation date: | 12 August 1914 |
| User reference: | 2.154 |
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