Service Details
Name:
 GREEN
Given Name:
 GARNET GEORGE
Initials:
 G G
Rank:
 Captain
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Regiment:
 South African Infantry
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Unit:
 2nd Regt.
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Date of Death:
 1918-03-22
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Age:
 30
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, during the German offensive
Decorations:
 M C and bar
Citations:
 1st Bar LG Sup 26 July 1917 - "For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He volunteered and carried out a reconnaissance in daylight, under heavy machine-gun fire. He returned with most valuable and much wanted information." MC LG Sup 1 January 1917 - New Years Honours
Additional
Information:
Son of George and Eleanor Green, of Pretoria, Transvaal. Was the last South African man to leave Delville Wood on 20th July 1916.
Commemoration
Country:
 France
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Locality:
 Somme
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Cemetery:
 POZIERES MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Panel 96.

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