GREIG, NORMAN JAMES

 Person: id 42729
University connections
UMelb
Event flag
World War I
Family name
GREIG
Given name(s)
NORMAN JAMES
Initials
N.J.
Gender
Male
Start date
1912
Survived
Died during WWI
OCRd book entry or other narrative
GREIG, NORMAN JAMES. 1912.
W.C. and S.C.; 1st year Education; Lieut. Senior Cadets; Resident
Master at Wangaratta G.S. and S.C.; interstate hockey team.
16.1.15, 2/Lt. 7th Btn.; sailed 19.2.15; trained troops in Egypt; on Gallipoli with first rfts. Despatches. Killed in action in German Officers' trench, Gallipoli, on 12th July 1915. He led a body of men into a mine crater, and died, revolver in hand, covering the retreat of his men, whom he had ordered to retire. (See Aust. War History, Vol. II., C. XL, p. 340.)
Year commenced - MELBOURNE UNI ONLY
1912
UniMelb Category
Fallen
 
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