Date of birth | |
Place of birth | Penshurst, Victoria |
Religion | Presbyterian |
Occupation | Resident Master |
Address | Scotch College, East Melbourne |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 24 |
Height | 5' 8.5" |
Weight | 154 lbs |
Next of kin | Father, David Greig, Bank of Victoria, Penshurst, Victoria |
Previous military service | Served for 10 years in the Senior Cadets; also in the 64th Infantry |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Melbourne, Victoria |
Rank on enlistment | 2nd Lieutenant |
Unit name | 7th Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/24/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A54 Runic on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | 2nd Lieutenant |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 7th Battalion |
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Mention in Corps Orders "Gallant conduct recorded by the Lieutenant General Commanding: Was killed during an attack on German Officer's Trench, when covering the retreat of his party, which was safely effected through his gallant action." Recommendation date: |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Date of death | |
Age at death from cemetery records | 24 |
Place of burial | No known grave |
Commemoration details | The Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 27), Gallipoli, Turkey The Lone Pine Memorial, situated in the Lone Pine Cemetery at Anzac, is the main Australian Memorial on Gallipoli, and one of four memorials to men of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Designed by Sir John Burnet, the principal architect of the Gallipoli cemeteries, it is a thick tapering pylon 14.3 metres high on a square base 12.98 metres wide. It is constructed from limestone mined at Ilgardere in Turkey. The Memorial commemorates the 3268 Australians and 456 New Zealanders who have no known grave and the 960 Australians and 252 New Zealanders who were buried at sea after evacuation through wounds or disease. The names of New Zealanders commemorated are inscribed on stone panels mounted on the south and north sides of the pylon, while those of the Australians are listed on a long wall of panels in front of the pylon and to either side. Names are arranged by unit and rank. The Memorial stands over the centre of the Turkish trenches and tunnels which were the scene of heavy fighting during the August offensive. Most cemeteries on Gallipoli contain relatively few marked graves, and the majority of Australians killed on Gallipoli are commemorated here. |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 50 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: David and Jane GREIG, Penshurst, Victoria, Australia. Native of Daylesford |
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War service: Egypt, Gallipoli Embarked Melbourne, 12 February 1915. Taken on strength, 7th Bn, Gallipoli, 8 May 1915. Reported missing, Gallipoli, 12 July 1915. Court of Inquiry held in the field, 5 September 1917, pronounced fate as 'killed in action, Gallipoli, on or about 12 July 1915'; confirmed by General W R Birdwood, 23 September 1917. Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | NAA: B2455, GREIG Norman James |