Année de naissance: 1889

Lieu de naissance: Brunswick, Victoria, Australia

Dernière résidence connue: West Brunswick, Victoria, Australia

Profession: Ouvrier

Religion: Baptist

Pays: Australia

Force armée: Australian Imperial Force

Rang: Private

Numéro de service: 4448

Incorporation date: 01/02/1916

Incorporation nom de lieu: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Unités:  —  Australian Infantry, 22nd Bn. (Victoria)  (Dernière unité connue)

Date de décès: 03/10/1917

Lieu de décès: Brick Kiln & Yard, Zonnebeke, Belgique

Cause du décès: Killed in action (K.I.A.)

Âge: 28

British War Medal Médaille

Victory Medal Médaille

William Henry Green, a former labourer, was born in September 1889 in Brunswick, Victoria, Australia. He was the son of George and Charlotte Green; and he was married to Elizabeth Ann Green. On February 1, 1916 he enlisted in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia and embarked from Melbourne on board HMAT RMS Orontes on March 29, 1916, with the 11th reinforcements of the 22nd Battalion, part of the 6th Australian Brigade of the 2nd Australian Division.

The 2nd Australian Division participated in the Battle of Broodseinde (October 4, 1917), a phase in the Third Battle of Ypres. The 22nd Battalion was part of the 6th Brigade, which attacked on the right of the divisional front. On October 2 and 3, the 22nd Battalion relieved the 23rd Battalion at the front line in Zonnebeke. During this relieve, the Battalion suffered heavy casualties through enemy shell fire.

William Henry, aged 28, was killed in action on October 3, 1917. Private Green was buried where he fell, north of Brick Kiln and Road (28.D.27.b.80.50), together with a few other men from his Battalion. His remains were not recovered or identified after the war. Alfred William Evans has no known grave and is remembered on panel 23P of the Menin Gate Memorial.

22nd Battalion Australian Infantry (Australian War Memorial, Campbell (AWM), AWM4 23/39/26). https://www.awm.gov.au/ Sources utilisées

6th Brigade Australian Infantry (Australian War Memorial, Campbell (AWM), AWM4 23/6/26). https://www.awm.gov.au/ Sources utilisées

First Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1914-1920 (National Archives of Australia, Canberra (NAA), B2455). https://www.naa.gov.au/ Sources utilisées

Unit embarkation nominal rolls, 1914-18 War (Australian War Memorial, Campbell (AWM), AWM8). https://www.awm.gov.au/ Sources utilisées

Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/923858

Lives of the First World War (Imperial War Museum) https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/7300645

Namenlijst (In Flanders Fields Museum) https://namenlijst.org/publicsearch/#/person/_id=cf7951e6-dafd-4349-8efd-74efbc3979e3

The AIF Project (UNSW Canberra) https://www.aif.adfa.edu.au/showPerson?pid=118482