Neil GREENSTREET

GREENSTREET, Neil

Service Number: NX28405
Enlisted: 5 June 1940
Last Rank: Gunner
Last Unit: 2nd/15th Field Regiment
Born: Casino, New South Wales, Australia , 14 November 1917
Home Town: Casino, Richmond Valley, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Presumed, Malaya, 23 January 1942, aged 24 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Kranji War Cemetery, Singapore Column 115. Also another - Memorial at Rappville, NSW.
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Casino and District WW2 Honour Roll, Rappville WW2 Roll of Honour, Singapore Memorial Kranji War Cemetery
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Gunner, NX28405
5 Jun 1940: Involvement Gunner, NX28405, 2nd/15th Field Regiment, Malaya/Singapore
5 Jun 1940: Enlisted Gunner, NX28405, 2nd/15th Field Regiment, Paddington, NSW, Australia
5 Jun 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX28405, 2nd/15th Field Regiment
23 Jan 1942: Imprisoned Malaya/Singapore, POW (Missing Person): 23/01/1942, Fate: Missing-believed killed (Officially Presumed) AWM - POW'S & Missing Persons.

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Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

He was 24.

His brother, Private Arthur Richmond  Greenstreet, aged 37 also fell. He was with the A.I.F. 2/3 Machine Gun Bn. Australian Infantry-Service Number NX86284- Died 07/03/1945

 

They were sons of Richmond [1875–1948] and Sara Anne Greenstreet,[ 1880–1962] [nee Caldwell] of Myrtle Creek, New South Wales, Australia.