GREEN, Harry
| Service Numbers: | 1226, V16769 |
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| Enlisted: | 11 April 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 13th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Penshurst, Victoria, Australia, 21 August 1886 |
| Home Town: | Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 5 September 1963, aged 77 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Preston General Cemetery, Bundoora, Victoria |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 11 Apr 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1226, 23rd Infantry Battalion | |
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| 8 May 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1226, 23rd Infantry Battalion, ex Melbourne per HMAT Euripides A4 | |
| 4 Nov 1915: | Transferred AIF WW1, Trooper, 13th Light Horse Regiment, Gallipoli | |
| 29 Jan 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Trooper, 1226, 4th Light Horse Regiment, ex Suez per HT Suffolk | |
| 12 May 1916: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1226, 13th Light Horse Regiment, Medically Unfit |
World War 2 Service
| 27 Jun 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, V16769 | |
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| 3 Mar 1942: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , V16769, 115 General Hospital |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Harry was the sixth of twelve children of George Green (b1849 in Cork, Ireland) and Margaret (Mary) Hustler (b1852 in Pleasant Creek, Stawell, Victoria). George (a Labourer) and Mary married in 1873 in Pleasant Creek and settled in Mt Rouse in Penshurst, Victoria.
Harry was a Labourer when he enlisted in the AIF in March 1915. He served as a Private and Trooper (Service No:1226) with 23rd Infantry Battalion and 4th and 13th Light Horse Regiments at Gallipoli Peninsular. He was Discharged as Medically Unfit in May 1916.
Returning to Melbourne, Harry was a Labourer in 1917 when he married Susan Jane Wallace (b1886 in Devenish, Victoria) - Susan was working as a Waitress in Melbourne. Harry and Susan settled in Melbourne where Harry worked as a Labourer and Stoker and in June 1941 enlisted in the ACMF. He was a Private/Orderley (Service No:V16769) attached to 115 General Hospital when he was Discharged in March 1942 (Medically Unfit).
Harry and Susan remained in Melbourne, Victoria where Harry worked as a Stoker. He died in 1963 and Susan in 1970.
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