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Alfred Lawrence Green
| Name on Board | AL Green |
| Name on Service Records |
Alfred Lawrence Green |
| Enlistment Age | 18 |
| Occupation | Electrician |
| Place of Birth | Northcote, Vic |
| Next of Kin | Mr and Mrs Joseph Green |
| Address | Wonthaggi, Vic |
| Marital Status | S |
| Enlistment Date | 19/12/1916 |
| Service No. | 7236 |
| Enlistment Place | Melbourne, Vic |
| Embarkation Place | Melbourne |
| Embarkation Date | 19/02/1917 |
| Embarkation Ship | HMAT Ballarat A70 |
| Unit on Embarkation | 6th Australian Infantry Battalion |
| Date of Death | 4/10/1917 |
| Unit on Death | 21st Australian Infantry Battalion |
| Rank on Death | Private |
| Cause of Death | KIA (previously reported missing) |
| Place of Wounding/ Death |
Belgium (no known grave) |
| Cemetery or Memorial | Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
Additional Information
Service records and Red Cross files note that Mother moved to Melbourne Rd, Newport, Vic.
Even though Mrs Green would have been notified of her son's death following the Court of Enquiry in February 1918 she kept holding out hope that he would return home. In a moving letter to the military in October 1918, Mrs Green, who had two other sons fighting overseas, wondered if there was a chance that her son, Alfred, was a prisoner of war, having been gassed and suffering with memory loss.
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