William Fraser GREIG

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GREIG, William Fraser

Service Number:	813
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	1st Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse
Born:	Dalby, Queensland, Australia, 7 August 1880
Home Town:	South Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Engine Cleaner
Died:	Pulmonary Tuberculosis, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 2 November 1916, aged 36 years
Cemetery:	Lutwyche Cemetery, Brisbane, Qld Plot: MON-RC1-15-2
Memorials:

Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Private, 813, 1st Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse
18 Feb 1902:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 813, 1st Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 522 notes 1st BACH embarked at Sydney 18 Feb 1902 aboard Custodian arriving Durban 19 Mar 1902.
7 Jul 1902:	Promoted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Corporal, 1st Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse, AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 524 notes promoted to Corporal on 7 Jul 1902.
19 Aug 1902:	Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Corporal, 813, 1st Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 522 notes 1st BACH embarked at Durban 11 Jul 1902 aboard Drayton Grange returning to Australia arriving Brisbane 13 Aug 1902, disbanded 19 Aug 1902.

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Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey

William Frazer Greig was born on 7 Aug 1880 at Dalby, Queensland, a son to George Frazer Greig and Jane Greig (nee Connor). He married Margaret Templeton on 3 May 1909 in Queensland and they had 2 children.

He served twice in the South African (Boer) War. First service was as a Private S.N. 300 in the 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen. Second service was as a Private rising to Corporal S.N. 813 in the 1st Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse.

(sources- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 485 & 524; National Archives Australia- Boer War Dossier 2nd service; Australian Boer War Memorial Database bio).

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