GREENGRASS, Charles Morris
| Service Number: | 572 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 August 1914, Served for 1 year in the 5th Australian Infantry Regiment prior to its disbanding. |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 7th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Yarraville, Victoria, Australia, February 1893 |
| Home Town: | Yarraville, Maribyrnong, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Yarraville State School and Stott & Hoare's Business College. Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium - Broodseinde Ridge, 4 October 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Buttes New British Cemetery, Polygon Wood |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 17 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 572, 7th Infantry Battalion, Served for 1 year in the 5th Australian Infantry Regiment prior to its disbanding. | |
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| 19 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 572, 7th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 572, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne | |
| 27 Oct 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 7th Infantry Battalion | |
| 24 Nov 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 7th Infantry Battalion | |
| 27 Sep 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 7th Infantry Battalion, Temporary, but elevated to Sgt after KIA according to standing orders. | |
| 4 Oct 1917: | Involvement Sergeant, 572, 7th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 572 awm_unit: 7 Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1917-10-04 |
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From Gallipoli Association and AWM
Acting Sergeant Charles Morris Greengrass, 7th Battalion from Yarraville, Victoria.
A 21 year old labourer prior to enlisting on 17 August 1914. He embarked for overseas as a Private with E Company from Melbourne #OTD in 1914 aboard HMAT Hororata.
On 8 May 1915, he joined the battalion at Gallipoli where he was wounded in action three months later.
After being evacuated to Egypt for medical treatment, he recovered and rejoined the battalion at Gallipoli.
After the evacuation of Gallipoli, the unit trained in Egypt then proceeded to France where he was twice promoted and made Acting Sergeant.
While serving in Belgium, he was killed in action at Passchendaele on 4 October 1917 and buried in the Buttes New British Cemetery, Polygon Wood.
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