S664
GREEN, William Percival
| Service Number: | 10787 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Divisional Signal Company |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Adelaide Officers of S.A. Post, Telegraph and Telephone Department HR, Woodside District of Onkaparinga Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 25 May 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 10787, 3rd Divisional Signal Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
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| 25 May 1916: | Embarked Sapper, 10787, 3rd Divisional Signal Company, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Sapper, 10787 |
William Percival Green
William Percival Green was born on the 14th June 1896 at Forest Range. Perc worked as a telegraphist prior to enlisting in Adelaide on the 31st August 1915, aged 19. He listed his mother, Mrs. Ada Mary Green of Forest Range as his next of kin.
After being hospitalised at Bedford Hospital in England where he was treated for sickness on the 21st September 1916, Green proceeded to France with the 3rd Division Signal Company. On the 10th June 1917 Green was admitted to 9th Australian Field Ambulance with shrapnel wounds to his face and right arm and was transferred to a casualty clearing station, where after treatment he was able to rejoin his unit on the 22nd June 1917. A medical report on this wound, written on the 26th June 1919 stated, “ blown up June 1917. No ill effects. Feels quite well.” {NAA:B2455, Green W.P.}
Green continued serving in France until the end of the war. He was discharged on the 10th August 1919.
He resumed his employment as a telegraphist at the G.P.O., Adelaide; he retired from there in 1961. He married Cicely Steer in 1921 and they had a daughter and two sons. Perc died on 25th January 1969 aged 72.
Submitted 10 October 2023 by christopher collins