Greig W C Cpl 824


Volunteers of Essendon and Flemington, 1914-1918

 

                       FELL FOR EMPIRE

                      LIEUT W C GREIG

                       Winner, 19 Sep 1917, p 8

 

Greig W C    Cpl    824    William C              22 Inf Bn    25    Clerk    Married    C of E       

Address:    Kensington, Ormond St, 65   

Next of Kin:    Greig, Gertrude Edith, Mrs, wife, 65 Ormond St, Kensington   

Enlisted:    10 Feb 1915       

Embarked:     A38 Ulysses 10 May 1915 

 

Date of Death:  30/04/1917

CWGC, Lt W C Greig " on of William Jameson Greig and Mary Anne Greig; husband of G. E. Greig, of 304, Albert Rd., Albert Park, Victoria, Australia. Born at Melbourne".

GREVILLERS BRITISH CEMETERY

 

A HERO AND A SPORT  

 

Lieutenant William Cuthbertson Greig has died of wounds, received in France on April 30, 1917, after two   years' active service in Gallipoli and France. He left Victoria on May 8, 1915, as a corporal, and was promoted lieutenant in August, 1916, for meritorious services.  

     

He was one of the early members  of the Bookmakers' Association of   Victoria to enlist, and was held in high esteem by his fellow-members, his gentlemanly conduct and strict, honorable methods endearing him to all whom he came in contact with either in social, sporting, or business life. He was the only surviving son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Greig, 65 Ormond street, Kensington. He was but 25 years of age, and leaves a widow and son, to whom deep sympathy is   extended.

 

A HERO AND A SPORT. (1917, September 19). Winner (Melbourne, Vic. : 1914 - 1917), p. 8. Retrieved September 18, 2014, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article154548682                   

 

 

 

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Not notices in The Argus to 1920.