In Memory Of
GREEN, GARNET GEORGE
Service Details
Age:
30
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Rank:
Captain
Unit:
2nd Regt.
Regiment:
South African Infantry
Date of Death:
1918-03-22
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, during the German offensive
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Panel 96.
Cemetery:
POZIERES MEMORIAL
Localitly:
Somme
Country:
France
Additional Information
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
Son of George and Eleanor Green, of Pretoria, Transvaal. Was the last South African man to leave Delville Wood on 20th July 1916.
