Edgar GREEN

GREEN, Edgar

Service Number: 1705
Enlisted: 25 January 1915, Enlisted at Townsville, QLD
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 15th Infantry Battalion
Born: Clapham, London, England, United Kingdom, 1891
Home Town: Stanthorpe, Southern Downs, Queensland
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Stenographer
Died: Illness-Influenza, Yozgad, Turkey, 10 October 1918
Cemetery: Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery
Plot XX1, Row G, Grave 2, Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery, Baghdad, Iraq
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, City of Townsville WW1 Honour Roll, Townsville Cenotaph
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World War 1 Service

25 Jan 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Corporal, 1705, 15th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Townsville, QLD
8 Apr 1915: Involvement Corporal, 1705, 15th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of England embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: ''
8 Apr 1915: Embarked Corporal, 1705, 15th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Star of England, Brisbane
9 Aug 1915: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1705, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Wound to the left leg and captured
9 Aug 1915: Imprisoned ANZAC / Gallipoli, Captured by the Turks while wounded.Held at Constantinople
10 Oct 1918: Involvement Private, 1705, 15th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1705 awm_unit: 15th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-10-10

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Tom and Matilda Green of London, England; brother of Tom Green of Eukey, Stanthorpe and Maud Green of London

2 June 1915 - demoted to Private

4 February 1917 - transferred as Prisoner of War from Bilemedic, Turkey to Afion Karahissar (Camp 2165), Turkey as per the Ottoman Red Crescent List

15 September 1917 - repoted to have been transferred from Afion Karahissar to Yozgad, Turkey(Asia Minor) although the exact date of transfer is unclear

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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