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William John GREEN

Regimental number1875
Place of birthLymington, Hampshire, England
Age on arrival in Australia23
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
Addressc/o W Panner, Devonshire Cottage, Sator Scone, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Next of kinMother, Mrs Jane Green, Bull Hill, near Lymington, Hants, England
Previous military serviceServed in the Royal Navy: invalided out through sustaining a rupture.
Enlistment date4 February 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name2nd Battalion, 4th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/19/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A8 Argyllshire on 10 April 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll2nd Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularDied from multiple wounds at 3rd Canadian Casualty Clearing Station, France.
FateDied of wounds 12 November 1917
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death27
Age at death from cemetery records28
Place of burialLijssenthoek Military Cemetery (Plot XXII, Row BB, Grave No. 10), Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
32
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Harry and Jane GREEN; husband of Edith GREEN, Bull Hall, Lamington, Hants., England
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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