GREENSTREET, Arthur Richmond
Service Number: | NX86284 |
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Enlisted: | 28 January 1942 |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 2nd/3rd Machine Gun Battalion |
Born: | Casino, Northern Rivers Region, New South Wales, 1 August 1907 |
Home Town: | Brighton-Le-Sands, Rockdale, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | School Teacher |
Died: | Killed in Action, Papua New Guinea, 7 March 1945, aged 37 years |
Cemetery: |
Lae War Cemetery Grave Location: KK. D. 3., Section KK/Row D/Grave 3. Roll of Honour: Rockdale, New South Wales., Lae War Cemetery, Lae, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Casino and District WW2 Honour Roll, Parramatta NSW Department of Education Teachers and Trainees WW2 Honour Roll, Rappville WW2 Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, NX86284, 2nd/3rd Machine Gun Battalion | |
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28 Jan 1942: | Involvement Private, NX86284, 2nd/3rd Machine Gun Battalion | |
28 Jan 1942: | Enlisted Private, NX86284, 2nd/3rd Machine Gun Battalion, Paddington, NSW, Australia | |
28 Jan 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX86284 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was 37 and the husband of Monica Kathleen Greenstreet, of Brighton-le-Sands, New South Wales.
His brother, Gunner Neil Greenstreet, aged 24 also fell. Hewas with the A.I.F. 2/15 Field Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery-Service Number NX28405-Died 23/01/1942.
They were sons of Richmond [1875–1948] and Sara Anne Greenstreet,[ 1880–1962] [nee Caldwell] of Myrtle Creek, New South Wales, Australia.