GREEN, George Richard
| Service Number: | 647 |
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| Enlisted: | 2 January 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 57th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Penshurst, Victoria, Australia, 30 July 1886 |
| Home Town: | Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 6 July 1945, aged 58 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Preston Public Cemetery, Victoria |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 2 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 647, 13th Light Horse Regiment | |
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| 25 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 647, 13th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 647, 13th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney | |
| 7 Jul 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Australian Army Service Corps, 1st Anzac Mounted Division | |
| 4 Nov 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 57th Infantry Battalion | |
| 21 Mar 1919: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 647, 57th Infantry Battalion, per Kildonian Castle | |
| 6 Jun 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 647, 57th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
George was the fifth of twelve children of George Green (b1849 in Cork, Ireland) and Margaret (Mary) Hustler (b1852 in Pleasant Creek, Stawell, Victoria). George (a Labourer) and Mary married in 1873 at Pleasant Creek and settled in Mt Rouse, Penshurst, Victoria.
George worked as a Labourer and in June 1915 enlisted in the AIF (Private; Service No:647). He served with 13th Light Horse Regiment, 1st Anzac Army Corps Light Horse Regiment and 57th Infantry Battalion.
Following his Discharge in 1919, George settled in Melbourne, Victoria where he worked as a Labourer. In 1941 he enlisted in the ACMF (Private; Service No:V12238) and was attached to 115 Australian General Hospital when he was Discharged in November 1942. George died in 1945.
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