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GREENE, Henry Armitage
| Service Number: | 748 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Forbes, New South Wales, Australia, 1873 |
| Home Town: | Forbes, Forbes, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Tuberculosis, Adelaide, South Australia, 13 June 1920 |
| Cemetery: |
North Brighton Cemetery, S.A. Section A - Grave 452 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 29 Jan 1915: | Involvement Private, 748, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Mashobra embarkation_ship_number: A47 public_note: '' | |
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| 29 Jan 1915: | Embarked Private, 748, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Mashobra, Melbourne | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Corporal, 748 | |
| Date unknown: | Wounded 748, 3rd Light Horse Regiment |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Steve Larkins
He is a recent addition to the roll of Great War dead-he was accepted, after research, for commeoration on 28/01/2015
Biography
Henry Armitage Green was born in 1873 Forbes NSW to parents Denis and Mary Jane Green. His mother’s maiden name was Smith, sister to Robert Burdett Smith (1837-1895) solicitor and politician and Henry Armitage Smith J.P. (1835-1927).
Harry had made his way to South Australia when the war broke out, and was 41 years of age. He enlisted stating his age to be 38 years and put an "E" on the end of his surname, HIS NOK was his brother Robert Burdett Green(e). His sister Ida Eleanor Green who was 40 years of age signed up as a Staff Nurse and also put an "E" on the end of her surname.
Service Record http://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=4705036 (recordsearch.naa.gov.au)
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