Regimental number | 6498 |
Date of birth | |
Place of birth | North Winton, Victoria |
School | State School No. 1673, North Winton, Victoria |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | School teacher |
Address | State School, Benalla, Victoria |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 19 |
Next of kin | Father, Mr R H Green, Eden, McHenry Street, East St Kilda, Victoria |
Previous military service | Served in the Compulsory Military Training scheme. |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 5th Battalion, 21st Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/22/3 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A71 Nestor on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 5th Battalion |
Fate | Died of wounds |
Place of death or wounding | Lagnicourt, France |
Age at death | 20.2 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 20 |
Place of burial | Grevillers British Cemetery (Plot I, Row E, Grave No. 3), France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 43 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Robert and Anna GREEN |
Family/military connections | Related by marriage: 4494 Sergeant Harvey Lewis Sydney GAMBLE, 54th Bn, returned to Australia, 12 May 1918; 6055 Pte Robert James GAMBLE, 24th Bn, killed in action, 8 October 1917; 6500 Pte Clemence Henry GAMBLE, 5th Bn, killed in action, 4 October 1917; 3509 Pte Leslie James WAIN MM, 1st Bn, returned to Australia, 28 March 1919. |
Other details |
War service: Western Front Enlisted with 6500 Clemence Gamble, who helped lift him on to the stretcher when he was wounded at Bullecourt, France. |