Regimental number | 3060 |
Place of birth | East Prahran, Victoria |
Religion | Roman Catholic |
Occupation | Plate engraver |
Address | Windor, Victoria |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 27 |
Height | 5' 2" |
Weight | 116 lbs |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs Green, c/o Mrs Maroney, 109 Chapel Street, Windsor, Victoria |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 8th Battalion, 10th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/25/4 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT RMS Osterley on |
Regimental number from Nominal Roll | 3060A |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 60th Battalion |
Fate | Returned to Australia |
Discharge date | |
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 details | Surname entered incorrectly on Embarkation Roll as GRUN. |
Date of death | |
Age at death | 72 |
Place of burial | Springvale Crematorium, Victoria |
Sources | NAA: B2455, GREEN George |