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Colin Alan Longbourne GREIG

Regimental number5299
Place of birthNorth Adelaide South Australia
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationClerk
AddressGrange, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Next of kinMother, Mrs Emma Greig, Grange, South Australia
Previous military service77th Infantry
Enlistment date29 February 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name27th Battalion, 14th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/44/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A70 Ballarat on 12 August 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll27th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 8 August 1918
Place of death or woundingVillers-Bretonneux, France
Age at death23
Place of burialVillers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery (Plot XIII, Row B, Grave No. 3), Fouilloy, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
110
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Alan and Emma GREIG, Grange, South Australia. Commemorated in North Road Church of England Cemetery, Adelaide, South Australia.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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