GREIG, George Milne
| Service Number: | 1908 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 60th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Drumlithie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland., date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Scone, Upper Hunter Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Carpenter.in UK/ Labourer in Satur, New South Wales |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 26 September 1917, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Panel 7 - 17 - 23 - 25 - 27 - 29 - 31., Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium, Hooge Crater Cemetery, Passchendaele, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Scone Barwick House War Memorial Arch, Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 4 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 1908, 59th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: '' | |
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| 4 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 1908, 59th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Lincoln, Melbourne | |
| 26 Sep 1917: | Involvement Private, 1908, 60th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1908 awm_unit: 60th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-09-26 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was 23 and the son of Robert and Catherine Anne Milne Greig, of Little Bogburn, Drumlithie, Scotland.
Drumlithie is a village in the northeast of Scotland[1] in the area known as the Howe o' the Mearns. Situated seven miles south of Stonehaven in Aberdeenshire, it is affectionately known by locals as 'Skite'.
He is one of three Australian soldier casualties of the Great War on the Glenbervie parish church Roll of Honour or the exterior war memorial. The other two are Private Joesph Mackie and also Gunner R. Mackie from Inchbreck-but he is not found on any records. Glenbervie is located in the north east of Scotland in the Howe o' the Mearns, one mile from the village of Drumlithie and eight miles south of Stonehaven in Aberdeenshire. The river Bervie runs through the village. The rural area is the location of Glenbervie House and estate. The parish was formerly named Overbervie.
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