McGregor, William Hodge (Trooper, 4th Light Horse, AIF b.1876 - d.1915)

Places	Africa: Egypt Middle East: Ottoman Empire, Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli Oceania: Australia
Accession Number	PR90/137
Collection type	Private Record
Record type	Collection
Measurement	4 items
Object type	Diary, Papers, Souvenir
Maker	McGregor, William Hodge
Date made	1914-1915
Access	Open
Related File This file can be copied or viewed via the Memorial’s Reading Room.	AWM371 90/0712
Conflict	First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright	Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain
Copying Provisions	Copyright expired. Copying permitted subject to physical condition. Permission for reproduction not required.

Description

Diaries describe voyage to Egypt on SS Wiltshire, training and sightseeing in Egypt, including picket duty in Cairo. Describes voyage to Gallipoli, landing in May, trench warfare, Turkish attacks and snipers, sight and smell of corpses, truce of May 24. McGregor was killed on 5 June. Also includes F E Westbrook's poem "To Our Critic", a reply to Bean's criticism of AIF.