GREAVES, Valentine John Blake
| Service Number: | QX18468 |
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| Enlisted: | 30 July 1941, Toowoomba, Qld. |
| Last Rank: | Trooper |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/7th Cavalry (Commando) Regiment |
| Born: | Mount Perry, Queensland, Australia , 22 March 1914 |
| Home Town: | Chinchilla, Western Downs, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer (Mechanic) |
| Died: | Illness, New Guinea, 15 February 1943, aged 28 years |
| Cemetery: |
Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea A1 B 26 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Chinchilla RSL Remembrance Wall, Greenslopes 2nd/7th Cavalry Regiment Honour Roll |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Trooper, QX18468 |
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World War 1 Service
| 30 Jul 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Trooper, QX18468, 2nd/7th Cavalry (Commando) Regiment , Toowoomba, Qld. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of John Adderton Greaves and Nellie Greaves, of Chinchilla, Queensland.
HIS DUTY NOBLY DONE
Trooper Valentine John Blake Greaves (23) eldest son of Mr and Mrs J.A. Greaves of Bingleburra, Chinchilla, formerly of Salvo in the Eidsvold-Mundubbera district, died of illness at a field hospital in New Guinea on February 15. Tpr. Graves was for many years a member of the Mundubbera Light Horse Troop and resigned early in 1941 to join the A.I.F. He saw service in the Middle East returning to Australia last April. Later he was sent to New Guinea and was in action in the Buna-Sanananda campaign just prior to his death. He is survived by his parents, two brothers - Corporal Athol C and Trooper Kevin W Greaves, both of the A.I.F. - and two sisters Misses Joyce E. (in the military service in Brisbane) and Irene N Greaves (Bingleburra).
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