“A LUCKY BEGGAR.”
Private D. M’GregOr, a brother of Mr A. M’Gregor, of Port Chalmers, has had some remarkable escapes. An invalided soldier back froifi Gallipoli says of Private M’Gregor: “If ever there was a lucky beggar it was Mac, and no mistake. On landing he got a shrapnel bullet on the shoulder, but it struck th© N.Z.R. badge, doubled.it up, and glanced off. Next day a shell exploded alongside of him when he was standing near a trench. He was not struck, but the concussion hurled him into the trench, doubling up Iris rifle. He came out unhurt. A little later he was taking observations with a pair of field glasses, when a sniper smashed the glasses, but without touching Mac, who is an exceptionally lucky beggar.”
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Evening Star, Issue 15892, 26 August 1915, Page 4
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