James Ramsay GREER

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GREER, James Ramsay

Service Numbers:	72, 1137
Enlisted:	9 October 1914, Townsville, Queensland
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	9th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Ravenswood, Queensland, Australia, 26 November 1883
Home Town:	Innisfail, Cassowary Coast, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farrier
Died:	Natural Causes, Herberton, Queensland, Australia, 28 August 1962, aged 78 years
Cemetery:	Herberton General Cemetery, Qld
Memorials:

Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Private, 72
4 Apr 1901:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 72, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 506 notes 6th QIB embarked at Pinkenba 4 Apr 1901 aboard Victoria arriving Cape Town 2 May 1901.
23 Jun 1902:	Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 72, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 508 notes 6th QIB embarked at Durban 17 May 1902 aboard Devon returning to Australia arriving Brisbane 17 Jun 1902, disbanded 23 Jun 1902.

World War 1 Service

9 Oct 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1137, 9th Infantry Battalion, Townsville, Queensland
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1137, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1137, 9th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
25 Apr 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 1137, 9th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
12 Aug 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 9th Infantry Battalion
4 May 1916:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1137, 9th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey

James Ramsay (Ramsey) Greer served in both the South African (Boer) War and in WW1.

His served in the Boer War as a Private S.N. 72 in the 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen. An article in The Queenslander newspaper from 7 Oct 1954 indicates he had previously served in the Boer War in the 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry, but the nominal rolls for that unit list the only Greer as being Private John Greer S.N. 75. At the time he enlisted (1901) in the 6th QIB he listed his next of kin as Mrs J. Greer at Innisfail ( his father Joseph Greer had passed away in 1897).

He enlisted in 1914 for WW1 serving as a Sergeant S.N. 1137 in the 9th Infantry Battalion AIF. His Attestation Paper notes his previous Boer War Service in the 6th QIB and later the Miner's Defence Forces. He listed his next of kin as Mrs S. J. Minkin (his mother remarried in 1907) at Innisfail.

James Ramsay Greer was born at Ravenswood Qld in 1883, a son to Joseph Greer and Sarah Jane Greer (nee Noble).

(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 511; National Archives Australia WW1 service record; The Queenslander newspaper, 7 Oct 1954 p. 8- Herberton Personal)

Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

NOK Mrs. S J GREER, Geraldton, Johnstone River

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