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William Arnold GREEN

Regimental number5711
Place of birthThetford, Norfolk, England
SchoolThetford Grammar School, Norfolk, England
Other trainingServed on HMS "Conway" as a cadet in the Merchant Marine until being forced to leave the service owing to eye trouble.
Age on arrival in Australia19
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressPO, Guildford, Western Australia
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation27
Next of kinWife, Mrs M S Green, 8 King Street, Thetford Norfolk, England
Enlistment date23 March 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name11th Battalion, 18th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/28/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A31 Ajana on 15 July 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll44th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 14 March 1917
Place of death or woundingArmentieres, France
Age at death29
Age at death from cemetery records29
Place of burialCite Bonjean Military Cemetery (Plot V, row A, Grave nO. 30), Armentieres, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
138
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Henry and Mary GREEN; husband of Mrs M.S. DURNFORD (formerly GREEN), Curtis Street, Osborne park, Western Australia
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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