Regimental number | 572 |
Place of birth | Yarraville, Victoria |
School | Yarraville State School, Victoria |
Other training | Stott & Hoare's Business College. Melbourne, Victoria |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Labourer |
Address | 31 Stephens Street, Yarraville, Victoria |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 21 |
Next of kin | Father, G Greengrass, 31 Stephens Street, Yarraville, Victoria |
Previous military service | Served for 1 year in the 5th Australian Infantry Regiment prior to its disbanding. |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 7th Battalion, E Company |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/24/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board Transport A20 Hororata on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Sergeant |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 7th Battalion |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Zonnebeke, Belgium |
Age at death | 24.6 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 24 |
Place of burial | Buttes New British Cemetery (Plot XXIX, Row D, Grave No. 2), Zonnebeke, Belgium |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 50 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: George and Jane GREENGRASS, 31 Stephen Street, Yarraville, Victoria |
Family/military connections | Brother: 1434 Corporal George GREENGRASS, 14th Bn, killed in action, Lone Pine, Gallipoli, 8 August 1915. |