John Boland Green

Submitted by Mt Kembla Minin... on Thu, 12/03/2015 - 11:29

First Name:

John

Middle Name:

Boland

Last Name:

Green

Mother's Name:

Maria (nee Barrett)

Father's Name:

Thomas Green

Date Enlisted:

Thursday, December 30, 1915

Rank at Enlistment:

Private

Rank at Discharge:

Private

Unit:

19th Battalion

Service:

Infantry

Awards:

British War Medal

Victory Medal

Date of Death:

Thursday, September 20, 1917

Place of Death:

Belgium

Cause of Death:

Killed in action

Details:

Private John Green (Service no. 4421) was born in Wollongong circa 1890.

Prior to enlisting he was working as a miner. He embarked on HMAT A71 Nestor with 11th Reinforcements, 19th Battalion on 9th April, 1916. He saw service on the Western Front but while engaged in the Menin Road battles near Hooge Crater John was killed in action. He has no known grave and is remembered on Panel 23 of the Menin Gate Memorial in Ypres, Belgium.

Sources:

NAA: B2455, GREEN J B