GREISBACH, William Francis
| Service Number: | QX7033 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 April 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/9th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Newtown, Queensland, Australia, 14 May 1918 |
| Home Town: | Ipswich, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Ipswich, Queensland, Australia, 7 March 1992, aged 73 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Ipswich General Cemetery, Qld Columbarium |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 1 Apr 1940: | Involvement QX7033 | |
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| 1 Apr 1940: | Enlisted | |
| 1 Apr 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX7033, 2nd/9th Infantry Battalion | |
| 28 Jul 1945: | Discharged | |
| 28 Jul 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX7033, 2nd/9th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Pud was the second of five children of William Francis Greisbach Snr (b1894 in Ipswich, QLD) and Nora Pearl Harris (b1898 in Ipswich, QLD). William - a Miner - and Nora married in 1916 in Ipswich, QLD where they settled and raised their family.
Pud was a Miner in Ipswich in 1940 when he enlisted in the Australian Army. He was a Private (Service No:QX7033) with 2/9 Battalion when he was captured by the Germans in Greece. Pud was imprisoned in Stalag XVII - D (PoW No:5175) at Maribor (Slovenia). Brother-in-Law Leslie Sydney Nunn (Leading Aircraftman; Service No:76982) and Brothers Kenneth Albert Noah (Private; Service No:QX28833) and Stanley (Private; Service No:QX8702) also served in WWII - Stanley was a PoW and died in Burma.
Following his Discharge, Pud returned to Ipswich where he married Thelma Mavis Nunn (b1917 in Ipswich, QLD) in 1947. Pud and Thelma settled in Ipswich, where Pud was a Miner. He died in 1992 and Thelma in 2002.