ANZAC Heroes | Great War 1914 – 1918

Bunbury – Wellington District Western Australia

GREEN, Edward Owen

GREEN, Edward Owen

Full Name: Edward Owen

GREEN

Date of Birth: 10

–

1886

Place of birth: Burra SA

Australia

Occupation: Labourer

Address: Pingelly WA

Next of Kin: Father- Charles Percival GREEN

Next of Kin Address: 41 Archer Street Adelaide SA

Religion: Methodist

Service Number: 3535

Rank: Trooper

Unit/Division: 10th Light Horse Regiment

Enlistment Date: 1917-03-08

Enlistment Location: Blackboy Hill

WA

Embarkation Port:

Embarkation Date: 1917-11-09

Embarkation Ship:

Disembarkation Port:

Disembarkation Date: 1917-12-10

Locations Served:

Returned: No

Discharge Date:

Cause of Death: Died of Injury/Illness

Date of Death:

Place of Death: 74th Casualty Clearing Station Syria

Age at Death: 32

Burial Location: Beirut War Cemetery Lebanon – Grave No. 358.

PREVIOUS SERVICE – 23rd Light Horse Regiment for 12 months
03/02/1917- Completed Medical Examination Pingelly WA
08/03/1917- To Depot Company Blackboy Hill Camp as Private
14/03/1917- To Light Horse Regiment as Trooper
06/04/1917- To Rockingham Details Camp WA
09/07/1917- Admitted to Camp Hospital with Illness
06/08/1917- Returned to Duty at Claremont Depot as Trooper
24/09/1917- To 31st Reinforcements 10th Light Horse Regiment Blackboy Hill Camp WA
09/11/1917- Embarked Fremantle WA aboard “Commonwealth” bound for Egypt
10/12/1917- Disembarked Alexandria to Reinforcements Camp Moascar
07/01/1918- To Machine Gun Training Squadron Moascar
29/03/1918- To 3rd Machine Gun Squadron Moascar
31/03/1918- To Brigade Details at Belah Egypt
29/06/1918- Admitted to 3rd Light Horse Field Ambulance from the Jordon Valley (Pyrexia) transferred to 47th Stationary Hospital Gaza and tested for Malaria
11/07/1918- Transferred to 14th Australian General Hospital Port Said
19/08/1918- To Rest Camp Port Said
01/09/1918- To Machine Gun Training Unit Moascar
07/09/1918- Rejoined 3rd Machine Gun Squadron Egypt
26/09/1918- Admitted 36th Stationary Hospital Gaza ex Australian Division Clearing Station ex 76th Casualty Clearing Station Ludd
29/09/1918- Transferred to 24th Stationary Hospital Kantara
30/09/1918- To 14th Australian General Hospital Port Said (Haematuria)
05/10/1918- To Rest Camp Port Said
17/10/1918- To Machine Gun Training Squadron Moascar
18/11/1918- Rejoined 3rd Machine Gun Squadron Egypt
27/11/1918- Admitted 74th Casualty Clearing Station Syria (Accidental fall with horse caused injuries)
29/11/1918- Died at 74th Casualty Clearing Station (Fracture at Base of Skull & Meningitis),
04/12/1918- Court of Enquiry held into Trooper GREEN’s death- Finding – “Trooper GREEN accidentally met his death whilst on Leave in Tripoli. In the process of returning to base from leave he fell with his horse, resulting in a fracture to the base of his skull and rendering him unconscious. He died from injury and illness on 29 November 1918. He was not to blame and no one else was to blame. He was sober. He was not on duty”.

SERVICE MEDALS AWARDED

British War Medal – No. 59023

Victory Medal- No. 57970

Memorial Plaque/Scroll- No. 355585.

 

BROTHER’s SERVICE DETAILS

3333 – GREEN, L/Cpl Harold Timperley – 10th Battalion
Enlisted- 22/08/1915, Died of Wounds – 30/07/1918 France.