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Greig, George Edward (1921)

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Place of Birth: Port Melbourne, VIC

Age: 21 years 6 months

Enlistment Details: Wednesday, 14 July 1915 – Melbourne, VIC

Service Number: 1921            view online service record

Address:
235 Princes Street
Port Melbourne, VIC

Next of Kin:
John Greig (father)
235 Princes Street
Port Melbourne, VIC

Embarkation Details:
Date: Saturday, 20 May 1916
Ship: HMAT Medic A7
Port: Melbourne, VIC
Unit: 46th Infantry Battalion – 3rd Reinforcements

Fate:
RTA: Saturday, 25 August 1917
Discharged: Wednesday, 5 December 1917

Discharged 24 November 1915, medically unfit then re-enlisted 2 March 1916

Brother: John Thomas Richard Grieg
Brother-in-Law: Stuart Robert William Smith

1916 ‘Send-off to Soldier.’, Port Melbourne Standard (Vic. : 1914 – 1920), 6 May, p. 2. , viewed 30 Apr 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article91164677

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  • Brian Membrey
    Posted July 10, 2017 5.55 pm 0Likes
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    Cousin 7228, Alexander William HAIR, 134 Buckhurst Street, South Melbourne killed in action 3 May, 1917 after a tunnel he and three others were working collapsed; Hair and two others buried alive

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