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.