GREENBERG, Edward Leonard
| Service Number: | TX5998 |
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| Enlisted: | 10 December 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 12/50 Infantry Battalion AMF |
| Born: | Grafton New South Wales, Australia , 1 January 1906 |
| Home Town: | Trowutta, Circular Head, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Trowutta, Circular Head - Tasmania, Australia, 13 September 1978, aged 72 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Carr Villa Memorial Park, Tasmania |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 10 Dec 1941: | Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2), Driver, TX5998, 12/50 Infantry Battalion AMF | |
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| 10 Dec 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, TX5998, 12/50 Infantry Battalion AMF | |
| 24 Dec 1943: | Discharged Australian Army (Post WW2), Driver, TX5998, 12/50 Infantry Battalion AMF | |
| 24 Dec 1943: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, TX5998, 12/50 Infantry Battalion AMF |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Edward was the fourth of five children of Henry Greenberg/Gruenberg (born 1859 in Estonia) and Eliza Jane Holder (born 1879 at Millera Scrub in Grafton, NSW) Henry, a graduate of the Naval Academy in Estonia, arrived in Melbourne, Victoria in 1884. He was a Miner in Lionsville, NSW when he married Eliza.
Edward started work as a Labourer in Lionsville, NSW and by 1931 was a Farmer in Smithton, Tasmania where he married Dorothy Alma Crole (born 1913 in Smithton Tasmania) in 1932. The family settled in Smithton, where Edward was a Farmer when he enlisted in December 1941 and served as a Driver (Service No: TX5998) with 12/50 Infantry Battalion. As a Farmer, Edward took Harvesting Leave in May 1942 and again in December 1942.
Following his Discharge in December 1943, Edward returned to Smithton, where Dorothy died in 1946. In 1950 he married for the second time - Evelyn (Eve) Claire Hodgman (born 1911 in Cape Portland, Tasmania). Edward and Eve both died in 1978 in Smithton.
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