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Second Lieutenant Harry Greenberg

Commemorated at
Memorial Name
Bondi Surf Bathers' Life Saving Club First World War Honor Roll The Great Synagogue First World War Memorials The Great Synagogue First and Second World Wars Roll of Honour Book
Waverley Soldiers' War Memorial
Given name
Harry
Family name
Greenberg
Gender
Male
Service number
530
Conflicts
First World War, 1914–18
Fate
Returned to Australia (RTA)
Fate date
03 July 1919
Additional information
Place of birth
Sydney, NSW
Religion
Jewish
Occupation
Tailor
Address given on enlistment documents

Marital status
Single
Age at embarkation (years)
24
Next of kin
Mother, Mrs S Greenberg
Enlistment date
Sat, 31 October 1914
AWM Embarkation Roll number
22/20/1
Embarkation details
Sailed from Melbourne, Victoria, on 22 October 1914 on HMAT A30 'Borda'
Rank on enlistment
Sapper
Rank from Nominal Roll
Second Lieutenant
Last held rank
Second Lieutenant
Unit from Nominal Roll
1st Signal Squadron
Unit at embarkation
2nd Light Horse Brigade - 2nd Signal Troop
Service
Australian Army - First Australian Imperial Force (1st AIF)
Decorations (legacy)
1914/1915 Star Medal
Victory Medal
British War Medal
Veteran Notes/Bio

Greenberg was a tailor from Sydney, NSW. His mother's address given at the time he enlisted was 79 Adelaide Street, Woolahra, NSW.

He served in France and was promoted to Corporal, then Sergeant, and finally to Second Lieutenant. He was discharged and returned to Australia in 1919. He died in 1947. In the image below, he is on the right-hand side.

Australian War Memorial - First World War Nominal Roll, Harry Greenberg
The AIF Project - Harry Greenberg
Photographs related to this veteran
Harry Greenberg, on the right
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