Robert Greig MUIR

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Service Number:	2211
Enlisted:	19 April 1916, Enlisted at Randwick, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	37th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, 1879
Home Town:	Paddington, Woollahra, New South Wales
Schooling:	Boarding School, Scotland
Occupation:	Fitter & Turner
Died:	Illness - Acute acoholic poisoning, France, 28 February 1917
Cemetery:	Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery, Armentieres Plot 1V, Row F, Grave 25, Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery, Armentieres, Lille, Nord Pas de Calais, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

19 Apr 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2211, 37th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Randwick, NSW
25 Sep 1916:	Involvement Private, 2211, 37th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: ''
25 Sep 1916:	Embarked Private, 2211, 37th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Shropshire, Melbourne

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Son of John and Helen Greig Muir of 25 Dundee Terrace, Edinburgh, Scothland

Medals: British War Medal, Vicctory Medal

Prior to enlisting he was apprenticed to West End Engineering Works, Edinburgh, Scotland for 5 years