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George GREEN

Regimental number3060
Place of birthEast Prahran, Victoria
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationPlate engraver
AddressWindor, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation27
Height5' 2"
Weight116 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs Green, c/o Mrs Maroney, 109 Chapel Street, Windsor, Victoria
Enlistment date10 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name8th Battalion, 10th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/25/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT RMS Osterley on 29 September 1915
Regimental number from Nominal Roll3060A
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll60th Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 15 January 1919
Discharge date22 July 1919
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Admitted to Convalescent Camp, Helouan, 10 November 1915 (influenza); discharged to duty, 25 November 1915.

Taken on strength, 8th Bn, Tel el Kebir, 7 January 1916.

Transferred to 60th Bn, 24 February 1916.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 18 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 29 June 1916.

Wounded in action, Fromelles, 19 July 1916 (gun shot wound, arm, shoulder, thigh); admitted to 13th General Hospital (wound: severe); transferred to England, 24 July 1916, and admitted to General Military Hospital, Colchester, 25 July 1916; transferred from Middlesex War Hospital to 3rd Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Dartford, 9 November 1916; discharged to No 2 Command Depot, Weymouth, 21 November 1916.

Granted furlough, 24 November 1916, to report to No 3 Command Depot, Wareham, 8 December 1916.

Proceeded overseas to France, 24 January 1917; rejoined Bn, in the field, 10 February 1917.

Detached to Anzac Provost Corps, 5th Division, 25 February 1917.

On leave to United Kingdom, 1 August 1918.

Admitted to 1st Australian Dermatological Hospital, Bulford, 13 August 1918, while on leave; discharged to Convalescent Training Depot, Parkhouse, 15 October 1918; total period of treatment for venereal disease: 64 days.

Admitted to Delhi Hospital, Tidworth, 23 October 1918; marched in to Convalescent Training Depot, Parkhouse, 1 November 1918.

Commenced return to Australia on board 'City of Exteter', 15 January 1919; disembarked Melbourne, 2 March 1919; discharged (medically unfit), Melbourne, 22 July 1919.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsSurname entered incorrectly on Embarkation Roll as GRUN.
Date of death21 September 1960
Age at death72
Place of burialSpringvale Crematorium, Victoria
SourcesNAA: B2455, GREEN George

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