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GRIEVE, John Hay
Step 1: Personal Details
| 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: |
Biography 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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