Valentine Gerald (Val) GREER

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GREER, Valentine Gerald

Service Numbers:	QX14678, 23342
Enlisted:	15 July 1940
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	3 Personnel Depot
Born:	Maryborough, Queensland, Australia, 29 August 1918
Home Town:	Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Kangaroo Point State Infant School, Brisbane,Queensland, Australia
Occupation:	Dairy Machinery Mechanic and Clerk
Died:	Redcliffe, Queensland, Australia, 27 February 1976, aged 57 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	Queensland Garden of Remembrance (Pinnaroo), Qld

World War 2 Service

15 Jul 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX14678
11 Aug 1940:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX14678
12 Aug 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 23342, 3 Personnel Depot
12 Aug 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 23342
1 Mar 1941:	Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman
10 Mar 1941:	Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Corporal
1 May 1942:	Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant
2 Nov 1945:	Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 23342, 3 Personnel Depot
2 Nov 1945:	Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 23342

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Valentine was the eldest of two children of Thomas Henry Greer (b1897 in Brisbane, QLD) and Madge Forsayth McGory (b1896 in Brisbane, QLD). Thomas (a Carter) served in the AIF (Private; Service No:197) from 1915 to 1916 and in September 1917 he and Madge married. They moved to Maryborough, QLD where Thomas worked as a Railway Porter. Thomas and Madge were back in Brisbane in 1920 when Thomas died in November - a fortnight before the birth of their second child. Madge remarried in 1926.

Valentine enlisted in the Australian Army (Private; Service No:QX14678) in July 1940 and served for a month before Discharging to enlist in the RAAF. He was a Sergeant (Service No:23342) attached to 3 Personnel Depot when he was Discharged in November 1945. He married RAAF Flight Sergeant (Service No:92377) Nina Elizabeth Mary Brady (b1920 in Sydney, NSW) in 1944.

Valentine and Nina lived in Brisbane where Valentine worked as a Salesman before they relocated to Redcliffe in the 1950s. Valentine was a Foreman and later Manager in Redcliffe, where he died in 1976. Nina died in 2012.

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