GREEN, Robert Laurence
| Service Number: | V122021 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 April 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 57/60 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF |
| Born: | Chelsea, Victoria, Australia, 7 December 1920 |
| Home Town: | Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Motor Trimmer |
| Died: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 6 June 1989, aged 68 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 2 Service
| 17 Apr 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, V122021 | |
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| 27 Apr 1943: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, V122021, 57/60 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF, ex Brisbane to Port Moresby per HT Katoomba | |
| 3 Feb 1945: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, V122021, 57/60 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF, ex Townsville to Torokina per Fairisle | |
| 8 Dec 1945: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, V122021, 57/60 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF, ex Torokina to Brisbane per Ormiston | |
| 2 Jan 1946: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, V122021 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Robert was the eldest of five children of Leslie Francis Green (b1891 in Penshurst, Victoria) and Millicant (Millie)Folwell (nee Rule; b1890 in Koroit, Victoria). Lelsie (a Storeman) and Millie (a Widow with four children) married in 1920 in Melbourne, Victoria where they raised their family. Leslie had served in WWI with 1st Anzac Army Corps Light Horse Regiment (Private; Service No:3360).
Robert was a Motor Trimmer in Melbourne, Victoria when he enlisted in the Australian Army in April 1940. He served as a Private (Service No:V122021) with 57/60th Infantry Battalion in New Guinea (10 March 1943 to 5 August 1944) and the Solomons (1 January 1945 to 7 December 1945). He was Discharged in January 1946.
In March 1942 Robert married Joyce Gladys Johnstone (b1920 in Melbourne, Victoria. Following Robert's Discharge, the couple settled in melbourne, Victoria where Robert died in 1989 and Joyce in 2005.