GREEN, Jack
| Service Number: | 6023 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 December 1915, Liverpool, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 13th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia , August 1899 |
| Home Town: | Chippendale, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Assistant Cinematograph Operator |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Guedecourt, France, 7 February 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 17 Dec 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6023, Liverpool, New South Wales | |
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| 22 Aug 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6023, 13th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Aug 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 6023, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Sydney | |
| 7 Feb 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6023, 13th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Peter Rankin
Jack was 17 years 6 months old when he was killed in action.
"A FIGHTING FAMILY. FATHER, BROTHERS, AND SON.
Official information has been received by Mrs. Green, of 43 Gould-street, city, that her eldest son, Private Jack Green, of the 13th Battalion, was killed in action in France on February 6, and that her husband, Private Cecil Claude (Goodie) Green is in hospital suffering from trench fever. Private Jack Green, who was only 17½ years of age, was a cinematograph operator when he enlisted. He left Sydney six months ago, and had only been a fortnight in the firing line when he was killed. His father, Private C. C. Green, has two brothers at the front, Private Harold F. Green, who was wounded some time ago, and is now back again in the trenches, and Private Herbert Green." - from the Sydney Morning Herald 08 Mar 1917 (nla.gov.au)
His epitaph reads:
SOMEWHERE IN FRANCE THEY HAVE LAID HIM,
A SOLDIER SO YOUNG AND BRAVE,
THE BEST AUSTRALIA COULD OFFER,
HE NOW SLEEPS IN A HERO'S GRAVE.
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