Private Carl John Greene
Number: 32544
Company: 74th (Dublin) Company (New), 8th Battalion
ENLISTMENT
Date: 28 February 1901
Place: Dublin
Age: 20 years 2 months
Trade of calling: Electrician
Place of birth: In the Parish of Rathmines, in or near the Town of Dublin, in the County of Dublin.
Family: Single. Father Frederick Henry Greene, commercial manager, mother Elizabeth Greene (nee Smyth), of 16 Ashfield Park, Harold's Cross, Dublin.
Previous military service: No
Description: Height 5' 8". Complexion ruddy, eyes grey, hair light brown. Mole left forearm.
Religion: Church of England
ACTIVE SERVICE
Date to South Africa: 22 March 1901
Service medal, clasps and other awards: Queen's South Africa Medal. Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, 1901 clasps.
DEATH
Date: 24 August 1901
Place: Rooikopjes
Cause: Killed in action
Buried/ commemorated: Griquatown, later re-interred in West End Cemetery, Kimberley/ West End Cemetery Memorial, and St Andrew's Church Memorial, Dublin.
This page last updated 29 August 2024.