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Clarence Henry Green

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Portrait, signed 1916 - No known copyright restrictions

Portrait, signed 1916 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Clarence Henry AWMM
  • Surname
    Green AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    • Henry Green AWMM
    • Harry AWMM
    • Clarence Edward Henry Green AWMM
    • Clarence Edward Henry Green AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 4/740 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    11 June 1889 Birth Certificate
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM 48 Forth Street, Mosgiel, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    H.T. Green (father), care of Braithwaite's, Princes Street, Dunedin, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 17 April 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    • 1915-1916 Gallipoli AWMM
    • 1917 Passchendaele AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 4/740 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards
    • Military Medal (MM) AWMM
      Military Medal (MM). London Gazette. 9 December 1916, p12058, Rec No 173. From 17th to 20th September 1916, he located and repaired wells in the newly captured village of Flers. This service was performed under continuous shellfire. He has done consistently good work throughout from April to September in France. AWMM
    • Victory Medal AWMM
    • British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 Unknown AWMM Otago, New Zealand AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    • Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM
    • Accidentally hit in head by shovel while digging in trenches. Public - Janet - Other relative - 24 January 2024 - Army Form B-117 Report of Wounds or other Injuries, received otherwise than in Action
    • Injury was on 29 July 1916 and was discharged to Duty on the 5 August 1916 Public - Janet - Other relative - 24 January 2024 - Army Form B-117 Report of Wounds or other Injuries, received otherwise than in Action

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Green was the son of Henry Thomas and Anderina Green, of 33, Littlebourne Rd., Roslyn, Dunedin, New Zealand. Also served in Gallipoli

    Known of as Henry and as Harry within the family AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    26 July 1917 AWMM
    Age 28 AWMM
    Belgium, Europe AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died of wounds AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Trois Arbres Cemetery, Steenwerck, Nord, France AWMM I. V. 15. AWMM
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  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

Sources

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  • References
    • Macdonald, L. (1978). Passchendaele : the story of the third Battle of Ypres 1917. London : Penguin Books. AWMM
    • Harper, G. (2000). Massacre at Passchendaele : the New Zealand story. Auckland, N.Z.: HarperCollins. AWMM
    • McDonald, W. (2013). Honours and Awards to the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the Great War, 1914-1918. (3rd ed.). Hamilton, N.Z.: Richard Stowers. AWMM
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      Vol1: 280 AWMM
    • Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications AWMM
      Vol. 1: Includes portrait AWMM

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
24 January 2024JanetCanadaOther relative
05 April 2017AllanRotoruaResearcher
30 May 2015Michael OsborneDunedin, N.Z.Other Relative

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