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Military service
Service number:
645369
Age:
24
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)
Division:
7th Bn.
Birth:
April 7, 1894
Death:
March 30, 1919
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
45. 7. 9.
Additional information
Son of John and Susette Greig, of South Vancouver. Husband of Mary Christie Greig, of Vancouver.
Digital gallery of Private John William Wallace Greig
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Grave Marker
Grave stones of 645369 Pvt. John William Wallace Greig who served with the 7th Battn. C.E.F. He was born in Victoria BC on April 7th 1894. Husband to Mary Christie (Miller) Greig, John enlisted in the 158th Battn. C.E.F. (Replacement) at Vancouver BC on Jan. 14th 1916, he listed his occupation as "Laborer" John died at Vancouver BC of the Spanish flu on March 30th 1919 at the age of 24. He was laid to rest in the Mountain View cemetery of Vancouver BC. -
Grave Marker 2
Close up of the flat grave stone of 645369 Pvt. John William Wallace Greig who served with the 7th Battn. C.E.F. He was born in Victoria BC on April 7th 1894. Husband to Mary Christie (Miller) Greig, John enlisted in the 158th Battn. C.E.F. (Replacement) at Vancouver BC on Jan. 14th 1916, he listed his occupation as "Laborer" John died at Vancouver BC of the Spanish flu on March 30th 1919 at the age of 24. He was laid to rest in the Mountain View cemetery of Vancouver BC. -
Close up of Gravemarker
Close up of the standing grave stone of 645369 Pvt. John William Wallace Greig who served with the 7th Battn. C.E.F. He was born in Victoria BC on April 7th 1894. Husband to Mary Christie (Miller) Greig, John enlisted in the 158th Battn. C.E.F. (Replacement) at Vancouver BC on Jan. 14th 1916, he listed his occupation as "Laborer" John died at Vancouver BC of the Spanish flu on March 30th 1919 at the age of 24. He was laid to rest in the Mountain View cemetery of Vancouver BC. -
Cross of Sacrifice
Memorial Cross in the section where 645369 Pvt. John William Wallace Greig was laid to rest in the Mountain View cemetery of Vancouver BC. -
Vancouver (Mountain View) Cemetery
Cemetery view of the section where 645369 Pvt. John William Wallace Greig was laid to rest in the Mountain View cemetery of Vancouver BC. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Vancouver Daily Province February 1919. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Vancouver Daily Province February 1919. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private John William Wallace Greig
Digital gallery of
Private John William Wallace Greig
Digital gallery of
Private John William Wallace Greig
Digital gallery of
Private John William Wallace Greig
Digital gallery of
Private John William Wallace Greig
Digital gallery of
Private John William Wallace Greig
Digital gallery of
Private John William Wallace Greig
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 534 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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VANCOUVER (MOUNTAIN VIEW) CEMETERY British Columbia, Canada
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