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Green-E-T-Gunner-4211

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Volunteers of Essendon and Flemington, 1914-1918

 

Green E T     Gunner    4211    Esmond Thomas              2 FAB    21    ..    Married    R C       

Address:    Moonee Ponds, Browning St, 1   

Next of Kin:    Green, E V, Mrs, 1 Browning St, Moonee Ponds   

Enlisted:    21 Nov 1914       

Embarked:     A20 Hororata 17 Apr 1915   

 

Date of Death:  08/09/1918  Bombadier

BIRMINGHAM (LODGE HILL) CEMETERY

 

Sgt. E. T. Green died, on 8th September, of wounds received in France. He was a son of Mr. John Green, of 2 Chaucer street, Moonee Ponds. and had seen four years active service.

 

ROLL OF HONOR. (1918, September 19). The Essendon Gazette and Keilor, Bulla and Broadmeadows Reporter (Moonee Ponds, Vic. : 1914 - 1918), p. 3 Edition: Morning. Retrieved August 24, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article74607143

 

Extracts from Australian Red Cross Wounded and Missing Enquiries Bureau Correspondence.

Died of Wounds 8/8/18

Adm 1st Sthn Gen Hpl, Dudley Rd Birmingham 27/8/18  Shrapnel wound head, septic neck, meningitis....

Buried Lodge Hill Cem, Birmingham.
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....The deceased soldier was accorded a Military Funeral, Firing Party, Bugles and Pallbearers being in attendance.  His coffin was mounted on a Gun Carriage and draped with Union Jack.  A temporary memorial will be erected by the Birmingham City Corporation. Administrative Headquarters, London, were represented at funeral
AIF Hqrs, 3-10-18.

 https://www.awm.gov.au/people/rolls/R1485100/

 

 

War Service Commemorated

Essendon Town Hall F-L

Essendon Gazette Roll of Honour With the Colours

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