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GREEN, Edward Charles
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1021 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 November 1915, Place of enlistment - Ross, Tasmania |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company) |
| Born: | Brighton, Tasmania, 1872 |
| Home Town: | Glenorchy, Glenorchy, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Bronchial Pneumonia, France, 5 June 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Hersin Communal Cemetery Extension Plot I, Row A, Grave 1 Headstone Inscription "GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN BY HIS SISTER WHO LOVED HIM", Hersin Communal Cemetery Extension, Hersin-Coupigny, Lens, Nord Pas de Calais, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 18 Nov 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 1021, Mining Corps, Place of enlistment - Ross, Tasmania | |
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| 20 Feb 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Sapper, 1021, Mining Corps, Embarked on HMAT 'A38' Ulysses from Sydney on 20th February 1916, disembarking at Marseilles, France on 5th May 1916, entraining for Hazebrouck on the same day and detraining on 8th May 1916. | |
| 18 Dec 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company) | |
| 4 Jun 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Sapper, 1021, 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company), Admitted to 1st Casualty Clearing Station on 4th June 1917 with Bronchial-Pneumonia, succumbing to the illness the next day. | |
| 5 Jun 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 1021, 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company), --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1021 awm_unit: 3rd Australian Tunnelling Company awm_rank: Sapper awm_died_date: 1917-06-05 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Daryl Jones
Son of Henry and Rebecca GREEN, brother of Alice PORTER.