Service Details
- Branch of Service
- Army
- Conflict
- World War I (1914-1918)
- Date of Enlistment
- 04/04/1916
- Place of Enlistment
- Royal Military College, Duntroon ACT
Personal Details
- Gender
- Male
- Date of Birth
- 31/01/1896
- Place of Birth
- Ballarat, Victoria
- Address (at enlistment)
- Royal Military College, Duntroon ACT
- School(s) Attended
- Ballarat High School
- Occupation
- Soldier
- Next of Kin
- Son of George and Annie Greenshields of Napier Street, Ballarat East, Victoria
- Burial Place
Heilly Station Cemetery, Mericourt-L'Abbe, France
Unit and Rank Details
- Final Rank
- Captain
- Final Unit
- 7 Field Artillery Brigade AIF
Fate
Died on 1 April 1918 in France, aged 22 years
Commemoration
AWM Roll of Honour Memorial Panel 15, Canberra ACT
Awards and Honours
Mention in Despatches (Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: 24 October 1918, page 2055, position 144)
Notes
Greenshields entered the Royal Military College, Duntroon on 12 March 1914 in the fourth intake of cadets and graduated on 3 April 1916. The next day he was appointed as a Lieutenant and embarked for England a few weeks later with the 28th Battery of the 7th Field Artillery Brigade. In September 1917 he was promoted to Captain and appointed as Adjutant to the 7th Field Artillery Brigade. On 1 April 1918 he was killed by a German shell bursting in the hut he was in at the time.
The recommendation for his Mention in Despatches (dated 18 September 1917) states that the award was for his work with the 28th Battery, 7th Field Artillery Brigade, which he had served with since its formation, particularly for his leadership and coolness under heavy shellfire.
Description - height 5 feet 6 inches, weight 134 pounds, chest 36-39 inches, Presbyterian.
Sources
AWM Roll of Honour Database
AWM Roll of Honour Circular
AWM Honours & Awards
Colonel J.E. Lee, 'Duntroon: The Royal Military College of Australia 1911-1946', 1952
NAA RecordSearch - Series B2455 (First Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1914-1920)