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Herbert George GREEN

Regimental number1361
Place of birthSwanington, Horwick, England
SchoolSwanington Elementary School, England
Age on arrival in Australia21
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Height5' 6.5"
Weight152 lbs
Next of kinFather, Thos Green, Swannington, Norwich , England
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date31 October 1914
Place of enlistmentLiverpool, New South Wales
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name3rd Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/20/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A48 Seang Bee on 11 February 1915
FateKilled in Action
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll)Name does not appear on Nominal Roll
Place of death or woundingGallipoli, Turkey
Date of death12 August 1915
Age at death22
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsThe Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 20), Gallipoli, Turkey

The Lone Pine Memorial, situated in the Lone Pine Cemetery at Anzac, is the main Australian Memorial on Gallipoli, and one of four memorials to men of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Designed by Sir John Burnet, the principal architect of the Gallipoli cemeteries, it is a thick tapering pylon 14.3 metres high on a square base 12.98 metres wide. It is constructed from limestone mined at Ilgardere in Turkey.

The Memorial commemorates the 3268 Australians and 456 New Zealanders who have no known grave and the 960 Australians and 252 New Zealanders who were buried at sea after evacuation through wounds or disease. The names of New Zealanders commemorated are inscribed on stone panels mounted on the south and north sides of the pylon, while those of the Australians are listed on a long wall of panels in front of the pylon and to either side. Names are arranged by unit and rank.

The Memorial stands over the centre of the Turkish trenches and tunnels which were the scene of heavy fighting during the August offensive. Most cemeteries on Gallipoli contain relatively few marked graves, and the majority of Australians killed on Gallipoli are commemorated here.

Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
36
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Thomas and Anna GREEN, The Street, Swanington, Norwich, England
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Taken on strength, 3rd Bn, Gallipoli, 7 May 1915.

Reported missing, Gallipoli, 7-12 August 1915.

Court of Inquiry held in France, 5 June 1916, pronounced fate as 'killed in action, Gallipoli, 7-12 August 1915'

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, GREEN Herbert George

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