GREEN, John Harold
| Service Number: | 18780 |
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| Enlisted: | 27 September 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Leading Aircraftman |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Penshurst, Victoria, Australia, 21 August 1907 |
| Home Town: | Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Melbourne Technical School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Process Worker |
| Died: | Illness, Laverton, Victoria, Australia, 11 March 1942, aged 34 years |
| Cemetery: |
Box Hill General Cemetery, Victoria C. of E. Plot. Sec. 15. Grave 19. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement 18780 | |
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| 27 Sep 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 18780 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
John was the eldest of four children of Robert Green (b1881 in Montrose, Victoria) and Esther (Ettie) Georgina Turley (b1884 in Heywood, Victoria). Robert (a Blacksmith) and Ettie married in 1907 in Penshurst, Victoria where they settled and raised their family.
John attended Melbourne Technical School and was a Sheet Metal Worker and Garage Hand before becoming a Process Worker. In September 1940 John enlisted in the RAAF (Aircraftman 1; Service No:18780) and was described as 'a person of good character - sober, honest and respectable' (National Archives Australia). In August 1941 he was promoted to Leading Aircraftman and was in No 1 RAAF Hospital Laverton on 7 March 1942 when his family was advised he was seriously ill. John died four days later from 'perforated gastric ulcer and complications' (National Archives Australia) and was attached to 1 Engineering School Ascot Vale when he died.
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