GREER, John
| Service Number: | 75 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 75, 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry | |
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| 1 Mar 1900: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 75, 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 463 notes 3rd QMI embarked 1 Mar 1900 aboard Duke of Portland arriving Cape Town 2 Apr 1900. | |
| 21 Jun 1901: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 75, 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 465 notes 3rd QMI embarked 9 May 1901 at Cape Town returning to Australia aboard Morayshire arriving Sydney 7 Jun 1901 (rail to Brisbane), disbanded 21 Jun 1901. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
Newspaper report from 1954 indicates John Greer also served in the 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, transfering from the 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry while still in South Africa during South African (Boer) War.
A James Ramsey Greer served as a Private S.N. 72 in the 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen and also served again as a Sergeant S.N. 1137 in the 9th Infantry Battallion, AIF WW1. In his WW1 Attestation Papers he noted previous service in the 6th QIB Boer War but not 3rd QMI and he is the only Greer on the nominal roll for the 6th QIB with the nominal roll noting (p. 110) some men joined the 6th in South Africa.
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