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Oswald Roger GREEN

Regimental number6922
Place of birthDandenong, Victoria
SchoolDandenong State School, Victoria
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationSoldier
AddressDandenong, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21.3
Height5' 6.5"
Weight136 lbs
Next of kinFather, Thomas Green, Thomas Street, Dandenong, Victoria
Previous military serviceServed as a Staff Sergeant Major on the Instructional Staff.
Enlistment date16 February 1917
Rank on enlistmentSergeant
Unit name21st Battalion, 19th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/38/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A11 Ascanius on 11 May 1917
Rank from Nominal RollSergeant
Unit from Nominal Roll21st Battalion
FateDied of wounds 4 July 1918
Place of death or woundingLe Hamel, France
Age at death22.7
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialCrouy British Cemetery (Plot III, Row B, Grave No. 9), Crouy-Sur-Somme, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
93
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Thomas and Ellen GREEN, Thomas Street, Dandenong, Victoria
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 2028 Pte Francis John [Joseph] GREEN MM, 39th Bn, returned to Australia, 30 April 1919; 24368 Sergeant Michael Joseph GREEN, 3rd Divisional Ammunition Column, returned to Australia, 19 June 1919.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, GREEN Oswald Roger

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