William Fraser GREIG

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GREIG, William Fraser

Service Number:	300
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
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, 300, Queensland Imperial Bushmen
18 May 1900:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 300, 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, 300, 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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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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