Albert James Green
Born May 1883 - Died 14 Jul 1916
- Service number
- WWI 23/1649 AWMM
- Also known as
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- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Last rank
- WW1 Private AWMM Wellington Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion AWMM
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
About
- Title
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- Forenames
- Albert James AWMM
- Surname
- Green AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Also known as
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- Service number
- WWI 23/1649 AWMM
- Gender
- Male AWMM
- Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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- Religion
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Images
Documents
About birth
- Birth
- May 1883 AWMM
- Date of birth
- 25th May 1883Public - Susan - Researcher - 14 September 2025 - Find a Grave website
- Place of birth
- Bulls, Rangitikei, NZPublic - Susan - Researcher - 14 September 2025 - Find a Grave website
- Birth notes
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- Address before enlistment
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- Post war occupation
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- Next of kin
- Mrs F.B. Green (mother), Bulls, New Zealand AWMM
- Mother: Mrs Sarah Ann Green nee Jarvis
Father: Mr Frederick Brougham GreenPublic - Susan - Researcher - 14 September 2025 - Find a Grave website
- Relationship status
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Wars and conflicts
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
- Campaign
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- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Service number
- WWI 23/1649 AWMM
- Military service
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- Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers
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Military decorations
- Medals and Awards
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Training and Enlistment
- Military training
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Enlistment
- WW1 Oct 1915 AWMM
Age 32 AWMM
Grocer/Civilian AWMM - Age on enlistment
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- Occupation before enlistment
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Embarkations
- Embarkation details
- WW1 08 Jan 1916 AWMM
HMNZT 38 or HMNZT 39 AWMM Vessel was Tahiti or Warrimoo AWMM Rifleman AWMM 3rd Reinforcements, 1st Battalion, E Company AWMM New Zealand Rifle Brigade AWMM
Prisoner of war
- Capture details
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- Days interned
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- Liberation date
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- POW liberation details
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- Liberation Repatriation
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- POW serial number
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Medical history
- Medical notes
- Hair colour, Unknown Period AWMM
brown AWMM - Eye colour, Unknown Period AWMM
blue AWMM - Height, Unknown Period AWMM
5 foot 5 inches AWMM - Weight, Unknown Period AWMM
10 stone AWMM - Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
16th June 1916 seriously wounded, gsw to the buttocks, Armentieres AWMM - Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
Sent to England where he died of the wounds AWMM - Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM
- Hair colour, Unknown Period AWMM
Last known rank
- Last rank
- WW1 Private AWMM
Wellington Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion AWMM - Last rank
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Biographical information
- Son of Sarah Ann and Frederick Brougham Green, of Carra Lynn, Bulls, Rangitikei
On 8th January 1916 Albert sailed from New Zealand, disembarking at the Suez on 8th February 1916. In March 1916 he transferred to the 2nd Battalion of the Wellington Infantry Regiment and thereafter sailed for France on 9th April 1916 from Alexandria. Unfortunately for Albert it was a very short war as on the 16th June 1916 he was seriously wounded (gun shot wounds to the buttocks) at Armentieres.
Albert Green was wounded in a raid on an enemy trench on the night of the 16th June 1916. The raiding party under Captain Alley got into the enemy lines but were caught with shell fire going in and lost two officers killed and 10 men wounded - Albert was one of these 10 men. Alley himself was wounded and died in the same action.
Albert spent time in a hospital in Boulogne, France before being transferred to a hospital in Brighton, England, where he subsequently died on the 14th July 1916. AWMM
About death
- Death
- 14 Jul 1916 AWMM
Age 32 AWMM - Date of death
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- Age at death
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- Place of death
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- Cause of death
- Died of wounds AWMM
- Death notes
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- Cemetery
- Brighton City (Bear Road) Cemetery, Sussex, England AWMM ZIX. 6. AWMM
- Cemetery name
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- Grave reference
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- Obituary
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- Memorial name
- Clifton Cemetery, 101 Watson Street, Bulls, Rangitikei, NZPublic - Susan - Researcher - 14 September 2025 - Find a Grave website
- Memorial reference
- Block A Lawn, Row 1, Plot 406Public - Susan - Researcher - 14 September 2025 - Find a Grave website
Memorial
- Memorial name
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Sources
- External links
- Cunningham, W., Treadwell, C., Hanna, J. (1928). The Wellington Regiment, N.Z.E.F., 1914-1919. Ferguson and Osborn: Wellington, N.Z. Digital copy. NZETC.
http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-WH1-Well.html
Sources Used - Military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R16788481
Further Reference - A Street Near You record
https://astreetnearyou.org/person/659202/-
Further Reference - Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/659202
Further Reference
- Cunningham, W., Treadwell, C., Hanna, J. (1928). The Wellington Regiment, N.Z.E.F., 1914-1919. Ferguson and Osborn: Wellington, N.Z. Digital copy. NZETC.
- References
- Information kindly provided by family
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
16: 3 - Cunningham, W., Treadwell, C., & Hanna, J. (1928). The Wellington Regiment, N.Z.E.F., 1914-1919. Wellington, N.Z.: Ferguson and Osborn.
Cunningahm (1928). p. 102 - Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
Vol. 4: Includes portrait - Austin, W. (1924). The official history of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade (The Earl of Liverpool's Own). Wellington, N.Z.: L T Watkins.
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