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GREEN, George Robert
Personal Details
Service Numbers: | 655, 102 |
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Enlisted: | 25 August 1914, Helena Vale, WA |
Last Rank: | Bombardier |
Last Unit: | 3rd Field Artillery Brigade |
Born: | Albany, Western Australia , 20 December 1889 |
Home Town: | Albany, Albany, Western Australia |
Schooling: | Albany State School, Western Australia |
Occupation: | Seaman |
Died: | Died of wounds (Gas Poisoning), France, 29 March 1918, aged 28 years |
Cemetery: |
Outtersteene Communal Cemetery Extension II C 49, |
Memorials: | Albany War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
25 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 655, 11th Infantry Battalion, Helena Vale, WA | |
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28 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 102, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , Helenavale, WA | |
2 Nov 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 655, 11th Infantry Battalion, Fremantle, Western Australia, on board Transport A11 Ascanius | |
1 Mar 1915: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 1st Division Headquarters, Egypt. Batman | |
25 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 655, 1st Division Headquarters, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
3 Dec 1915: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 1st Division Artillery, Gallipoli. Allotted new SN 102. | |
9 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , Egypt | |
23 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Gunner, 102, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , Battle for Pozières | |
10 Mar 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Bombardier, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , France | |
20 Sep 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Bombardier, 102, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , Third Ypres | |
29 Mar 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Bombardier, 102, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , German Spring Offensive 1918, Gassed near Wyschaete. Evacuated to 2nd CCS at Outtersteene, where he died of his wounds later the same day. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of James and Frances J GREEN of Gladstone Road, Albany, WA