ANZAC Heroes | Great War 1914 – 1918

Bunbury – Wellington District Western Australia

GREENWOOD, Herbert William

GREENWOOD, Herbert William

Full Name: Herbert William

GREENWOOD

Date of Birth: 09

–

1892

Place of birth: Cornholme Todmorden Yorkshire

England

Occupation: Farm Labourer

Address: Bunbury WA

Next of Kin: Mother- Sarah Greenwood

Next of Kin Address: 24 Carr Bottom Cornholme Todmorden Yorkshire England

Religion: Baptist

Service Number: 76

Rank: Private

Unit/Division: 7th Australian Machine Gun Company

Enlistment Date: 1915-02-25

Enlistment Location: Blackboy Hill

Western Australia

Embarkation Port:

Embarkation Date: 1915-06-29

Embarkation Ship:

Disembarkation Port:

Disembarkation Date: 1915-07-22

Locations Served:

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Returned: No

Discharge Date:

Cause of Death: KILLED IN ACTION

Date of Death:

Place of Death: BELGIUM

Age at Death: 25

Burial Location: Inscription Menin Gate Memorial Ieper Belgium – No Known Grave

25/02/1915- To No. 9 Depot Company as Private
16/03/1915- To 28th Battalion “A” Company
4/09/1915- Embarked Alexandria Egypt with Mediterranean Expeditionary Forces for Gallipoli Peninsula
20/12/1915- Admitted 5th Field Ambulance Mudros Lemnos ( Jaundice/Rheumatism ) ex Hospital Ship Gallipoli
10/01/1916- Disembarked Alexandria ex Mudros
3/03/1916- Transferred 7th Machine Gun Company in the field Moascar Egypt
21/03/1916- Disembarked Marseilles France ex Alexandria
21/05/1916- Admitted 9th Stationary Hospital Havre France ( NYD ) ex 7th Australian Field Ambulance ex 8th Casualty Clearing Station
30/06/1916- Admitted 18th General Hospital Camiers France ex Ambulance Train
6/12/1916- Rejoined Unit in the field France ex Hospital
10/05/1917- Promoted  TEMPORAY CORPORAL in the field France
19/07/1917- Reverts to Rank Private in the field France
7/08/1917- Granted Leave England
19/08/1917- Rejoined Battalion in the field Belgium ex Leave
20/09/1917- KILLED  IN  ACTION  Belgium.

 

SERVICE MEDALS AWARDED

1914/1915 Star- Medal No. 26108

British War Medal – No. 13782

Victory Medal – No. 13722

Memorial Plaque/Scroll – No. 330901.

 

MEMORIAL INSCRIPTIONS

Capel War Memorial WA

Australian War Memorial Canberra ACT – Panel No. 176

Menin Gate Memorial Ieper Belgium- Panel No. 7.