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GREEN, Ernest James
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 22343 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 23rd Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Woodside District of Onkaparinga Honour Board |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 20 May 1916: | Involvement Driver, 22343, 23rd Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: '' | |
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| 20 May 1916: | Embarked Driver, 22343, 23rd Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade, HMAT Medic, Melbourne |
Personal Stories
Ernest James
Ernest James Green was born at Erith {Balaklava} on the 2nd April 1886.
Green enlisted in Adelaide on the 16th September 1915 aged 29 and listed his father, Richard Green of Forest Range as his next of kin.
Green went to France on the 6th January, transferring to the 7th Field
Artillery Brigade. On the 31st May 1917 he was accidentally kicked in the head by a horse and spent two weeks in hospital prior to rejoining his brigade on the 14th June 1917. Green continued serving in France for the duration of the war and was discharged on the 10th August 1919. Upon returning home, Ernest Green purchased a property in Woodside which he worked until his death in 1941
Submitted 10 October 2023 by christopher collins