George Reuben Robert GREEN

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GREEN, George Reuben Robert

Service Number:	1505
Enlisted:	11 September 1914, Enlisted at Bendigo, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	13th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 1896
Home Town:	Bendigo, Greater Bendigo, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Joiner
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 28 April 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave Panel 37 Commemorated in the Bendigo Cemetery, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

World War 1 Service

11 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1505, 13th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Bendigo, Victoria
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement Private, 1505, 13th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked Private, 1505, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Melbourne
25 Apr 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1505, 13th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
28 Apr 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1505, 13th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of George Joseph and Eliza Green of Bendigo, Victoria

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Served a 5 year apprenticeship with G.J. Sweeney, Bendigo, Victoria

Also served in the cadets and Light Horse

Biography contributed by Robert Wight

Killed in action 28 April 1915 during the fighting at Pope's Hill. He had worked as a carpenter and joiner for GJ Sweeney of Bendigo for five years.

On Bendigo War Memorial.

Source: Gallipoli Heroes, p. 50

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