GRIEVE, John Hay
| Service Number: | 206 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Londonderry, Ireland, 1875 |
| Home Town: | Rockhampton, Rockhampton, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Grazier, Farmer |
| Died: | Norman Gradens, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia, 5 November 1954, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
North Rockhampton Cemetery, Qld Plot: PRESBYTERIAN Sec 16 Row 5 Grave No 70 |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 206, Queensland Imperial Bushmen | |
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| 18 May 1900: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 206, 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 475 notes 4th QIB embarked 18 May 1900 aboard Manchester Port arriving Beira 14 Jun 1900. | |
| 10 Aug 1901: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 206, 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 477 notes 4th QIB embarked 5 Jul 1901 aboard Britannic returning to Australia arriving Brisbane 5 Aug 1901, disbanded 10 Aug 1901. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
John Hay Grieve was born around 1875 at Londonderry, Ireland, a son to John Hay and Mary Hay (nee Crawford). He emigrated at the age of 10 with his parents and 3 brothers to Queensland where his parents selected a grazing property 'Ettricdale' at Kilkivan.
Following his service in the South African (Boer) War he returned to Burnett area pusuing farming and grazing activities on several properties in the surrounding areas. He married Anastasia Jane Millar on 16 Jan 1908 and they had 6 children.
(source- extract from his Obituary in the Morning Bulletin (Rockhampton) 17 Nov 1954 see link on this profile).
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