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Surname GREIG
Given Name(s) or Initial(s) William Fraser
Regimental Number 813
RankPrivate
Unit Name 1st Australian Commonwealth Horse (Qld)
StateQld
Extracts and Comments
(from Sources as shown)

Murray: 'D'Coy Corporal 7.7.1902.
B5207: engine-cleaner aged 21 from S. Brisbane, 4QIB.
URL1: engine cleaner aged 21 from S. Brisbane Qld., born in Dalby next of kin father in S. Brisbane, 4th Qld. Contingent.
URL2: Aust. Boer War Memorial database record.
URL3: photo #54.
URL4: photo of Pte. 813 WF GREIG, c/- mother Mrs GREIG, Grey St. South Brisbane.
Source References
Murray: Official Records of the Australian Contingents etc. page(s) 524
B5207: National Archives of Australia series B5207
B4418: National Archives of Australia series B4418
Town&Country: Aust. Town and Country journal date(s) 15.2.1902
Queenslander: The Queenslander newspaper date(s) 1.2.1902
External Link URL1naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/imagine.asp?B=682189&I=1&SE=1
External Link URL2bwm.org.au/site/William_Greig.php
External Link URL3trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/page/6005056
External Link URL4nla.gov.au/nla.news-article21620170


Please email me if you can contribute any other relevant information about this person (eg any other military service, where in Australia they came from or when/where they died). Also, if you find an external link broken.


Apology: For some time now it has been difficult to keep up with the newly available sources (especially the Trove newspaper site) plus the flow of contributions and queries. So I have been forced to prioritise maintenance and data entry over replying to correspondence. Nevertheless, your contributions are being added to the database and acknowledged on the contributions page and, although my replies are many months behind, I will attempt to get to them more often.
 
Colin Roe
Canberra

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