BORN HULL 1896. DIED OF SICKNESS. SON OF WILLIAM HUTCHINSON GRESHAM (1858-1919) & ETHEL MARY WILKINSON, AT, 8 SALISBURY GARDEN, SALISBURY STREET, HULL, AND “THE NOOK”, CLIFF LANE, HORNSEA. HE EMIGRATED TO AUSTRALIA, IN 1911. WORKED AS A FARM HAND. HE ENLISTED IN THE 28TH AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE, ON 10/05/1915, GIVING THE AGE OF 21. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 7 INCHES TALL, 140 LBS WEIGHT, 37 INCH CHEST, GREY EYES, AND FAIR HAIR. LEFT FOR ALEXANDRIA, ON 04/09/1915. WOUNDED BY A BULLET IN THE HEAD, AT GALLIPOLI, ON 15/09/1915. EVACUATED FROM THE PENINSULAR. DIED AT 19TH GENERAL HOSPITAL, ALEXANDRIA, ON 22/11/1915, WITH SEPTIC MENINGITIS. HE WAS 19. UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER, WILLIAM. HE LEFT BROTHERS, WILLIAM AND CYRIL.
First name:
JOHN DOUGLAS
Military Number:
985
Rank:
Private
Date Died
22/11/1915
Place died:
Alexandria (Chatby) Military And War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt
Age:
19
8 SALISBURY GARDEN, SALISBURY STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
