Ancestors of Christopher John Augustine Morry




Living 
      Sex: M
Parents 
         Father: John Green Sr. 3744
         Mother: Living
William Green 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
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          Death: 
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Spouses and Children 
1. *Sarah Edger Darling 184 
       Marriage: 
       Children:
                1. Matilda Green
Living 
      Sex: F
Spouses and Children 
1. Living
Pte. Augustine Peter Greene 
      Sex: M
AKA: Gus Greene 3238
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: 8 May 1895 - Cape Broyle, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada 1064
    Christening: 12 May 1895 - Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada 1064
          Death: 22 Aug 1963 - Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada ( at age 68) 2866
         Burial: After 22 Aug 1963 - Cape Broyle, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada 2866
 Cause of Death: 

Events

•  Alt. Birth: 7 May 1895, Cape Broyle, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. 

•  Godfather: John Brien, 12 May 1895, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. 

•  Godmother: Mary Brien, 12 May 1895, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. 

•  Minister/Priest: L. K. Vereker, Holy Trinity RC Church, 12 May 1895, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. 

•  Occupation: Machinist in mines, 27 Aug 1914, Bell Island, Conception Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. 

•  Physical Description: 27 Aug 1914, Bell Island, Conception Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. single, had blue eyes and fair hair, and was working at the mines as a machinist making $400 annually. Gus met all the requirements for enlistment: height 5' 10", weight 160 pounds, chest when fully expanded 36."
. 

•  Military: Regt. # 251, Attestation at CLB Armoury in St. John's, Between 2 Sep 1914 and 21 Mar 1917, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. 

•  Military: Medical at CLB Armoury on Bell Island, 27 Aug 1915, Bell Island, Conception Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. 

•  Illness: Evacuated Suvla Sick, 16 Oct 1915, Suvla Bay, Gallipoli, Ηanakkale, Turkey. 

•  Military: Invalided out due to illness incurred in Gallipoli, 18 Oct 1915, Cairo, Al Qεhirah, Egypt. 

•  Illness: Severe gunshot wound; invalided out, 1 Jul 1916, Beaumont-Hamel, Picardie, France. 

•  Military: Discharged medically unfit, 9 Mar 1917, Wallasey, Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, England. 

•  Residence: 1935 and 1945 Censuses, 1935-1945, Cape Broyle, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
Parents 
         Father: Constable Thomas Barnaby Greene 146
         Mother: Catherine Fewer 146
Spouses and Children 
1. *Magdalena Sprang 2866 
       Marriage: 1919 - Scotland 2866
       Children:
                1. Living
Notes
General:
220816:

Having been wounded at Beaumont Hamel and not being able to get satisfactory treatment after being medically discharged, Gus wrote a friend, Mr. Pat Brien, Secretary of the Great War Veterans Association (GWVA), to seek his assistance:

Dated: July 8th l 20

Dear Pat;

Yours of the 3rd Inst. to hand, thank you for your assurance. I guess promises to have my case "pushed" is about all I shall ever get.

Re. the Militia Dept. having nothing but my word etc. For any sake, do they - I know you don't think I was in the dog gone Hospital as a Hoarder, or do they think I'm bluffing. All the information I can give is contained in my complaint to you. I could give more details but no more names.

As to my Medical Board, I was examined on Feb.24/20 by three Majors of R.A.M.C, howin hellam to "ken" their names? If I were a member of the "Great Militia Staff", I would tell you how to find par tic's, as I am, I respectfully suggest that you communicate with Lady Catherine Scott, Town Hall, Hawick (ye ken where auld Hawick is), who will give you at least a copy of my sheets. I have no doubt if high Com's Office inquired they could get the original, at least she told me she had received them from the Hospital. As
to where I was boarded. No. 15 Atholl Crescent, Edinburgh on Saturday Feb. 24/20, as I said before I don't know the Doctor's names, I only know that after an hour and a half they told me more than our so called Doctors have told me in three years.

No doubt it will take a few months to clear up my case, in 'meantime' I am getting fifteen Bucks per month pension, can nothing be done to give me a chance to live.

Say what, give me a wee bit advice, will you please?

I have tried nearly every other means to have my case looked into, do you think if I wrote a few bunches of facts to the press it would make our Doctor's etc. take me more seriously.

You know Pat I never objected to any treatment I received here. I went willingly to be ripped, though I knew they were wrong, and now I am so to speak turned down, just because of some whim or other of the Hoard or Individual.

I hope you are keeping well Pat, personally I am not able to leave my bed. 1 am having the Doctor first chance, and by the way will you kindly tell me if I must pay my Doctor's Bills for attendance now.

Good luck to you Sincerely yours (SG) Gus. Greene.

190916:
Peter Cashin records in his memoirs "My Fight for Newfoundland" that Gus was a leader of a mob (including Dad Morry) who opposed his election in 1928 and, in one instance, Cashin says he (Cashin) took an iron bar and knocked out Gus because he was threatening him, even though Gus was unarmed at the time and was likely still recoverning from his wounds and illness incurred in WWI. In Edward Roberts' notes in the appendix to the memoir he mentions that Cashin's son Michael told him that when Gus was in hospital dying Peter Cashin "befriended him and visited him frequently." Cashin was a very publicly "devout" Catholic and I suspect this had more to do with a guilty conscience than charity.

130717:
The Legion's book, "Lest We Forget, Vol. 16" had this to say about him: "GREENE, Augustus P. Served with the Blue Puttees First Five Hundred in Gallipoli Beaumont Hamel (Battle of Somme).Born in Cape Broyle, Newfoundland in 1895.
Deceased: 1963.

Bernice Greene 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: 
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          Death: Bef 14 Jun 2024 1819
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Parents 
         Father: CSM Gregory Lyon Bearpark Greene MM 146,1064,2867
         Mother: Mary Ann Carew 5,1064
CSM Gregory Lyon Bearpark Greene MM 
      Sex: M
AKA: Gregory Greene 5
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: 21 Oct 1896 - Shores Cove, Cape Broyle, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada 146,1064
    Christening: 24 Oct 1896 - Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada 1064
          Death: 11 Jan 1958 - Cape Broyle, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ( at age 61) 146,5049
         Burial: 13 Jan 1958 - Cape Broyle, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada 5049
 Cause of Death: 

Events

•  Godfather: Pat Cashin, 24 Oct 1896, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. 

•  Godmother: Theresa Cashin, 24 Oct 1896, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. 

•  Minister/Priest: L. K. Vereker, Holy Trinity RC Church, 24 Oct 1896, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. 

•  Military: Regt. # 2483, Attestation Signed, Between 5 Jun 1916 and 4 May 1919, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. 

•  Occupation: Metal Machinist in Mines, 5 Jun 1916, Bell Island, Conception Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. 

•  Physical Description: From Attestation papers, 5 Jun 1916, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Prior to his enlistment, Gregory was a metal machinist at Bell Island making $45 a month. His height on enlistment was given as 6 feet, weight 151 pounds, and chest 37 inches. 

•  Illness: POU (Pyrexia of Unknown Origin) i.e. Trench Fever, Mar 1918, France. 

•  Departure: Discharged on compassionate grounds heading back to St. John's, 20 Mar 1919, Wallasey, Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, England. 

•  Arrival: Aug 1923, Yarmouth, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada. 

•  Residence: After Aug 1923, Nova Scotia, Canada. 

•  Alt. Burial: After 11 Jan 1958, Cape Broyle, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. 

•  Wake: 12 Jan 1958, Cape Broyle, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
Parents 
         Father: Constable Thomas Barnaby Greene 146
         Mother: Catherine Fewer 146
Spouses and Children 
1. *Mary Ann Carew 5,1064 
       Marriage: After 1921 20
       Children:
                1. Mary Greene
                2. Bernice Greene
                3. Living
                4. Margaret Ann Greene
Notes
General:
220816:

Here is his Military Medal commendation:

Military Medal

Action date, September 29th, 1918 - Kieberg Ridge. For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty on September 29th, 1918. During a nine and a half-mile advance East of Ypres, touch was lost with the troops on the left. This NCO at once pushed out his Lewis guns to protect the flank and later sent out a patrol and established touch. An enemy machine gun was holding up the left of the company and preventing further advance. Sgt. Greene with one man crawled forward to the flank and having advanced about 60yards opened fire on the hostile machine gun and killed the man at the gun. The enemy at once retreated and were shot down by Lewis gun. It was entirely due to this NCO's quickness of decision that the advance was no longer held up.

220816:
According to Richard Cramm in "The First Five Hundred", this is how he describtes Captain John Clift's action at Baleuil that won him the Military Cross: "Captain J. Clift, who commanded D Company, showed great judgement and ability in meeting the enemy onrush. He caught them in mass in the open, and had so arranged his men with Lewis guns that very few of the Germans escaped. More German infantry rushed up, however, and for a time it looked as though a part of the Battalion would be surrounded. A Company and half of B Company were deployed to the right, the other half of B Company being sent to fill a gap between A and D Companies. The left wing of D Company was being hard pressed, and showed signs of being turned, but again Captain Clift showed great presence of mind and initiative in handling a dangerous situation. He immediately extended his left, and as soon as C Company could be escheloned on the left flank, Captain Clift personally collected some remnants of the Northumberland Fusiliers and filled a gap between C and D Companies. By Captain Clift's great energy and ability, and the invincible courage of the men under him, the situation was saved. The Germans were only 25 yards from our line when they were stopped."

Though he does not mention him by name, it was at this same series of actions (in Paschendaele) that Sergeant G. L. Greene distinguished himself and won the Military Medal.

130717:
The Legion's book, "Lest We Forget, Vol. 16" had this to say about him: "GREENE, Gregory Lyon, Sgt/Maj 2843 Served with the Royal Newfoundland Regiment June 5th, 1916 - May 4th, 1919. Born in Cape Broyle, Newfoundland on
October 21st, 1896. Received the Military Medal for Gallantry and Devotion to Duty on September 29th, 1918 near Ypres. Served with brothers Augustine and Walter. Deceased: January 11th, 1958. 1529,2866
Medical:
Lost the sight in his left eye due to rheumatic fever overseas 2866

Helen Louis Greene 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: 15 Jul 1915 - Monkton, Addison, Vermont, United States of America 2495
    Christening: 
          Death: 22 Aug 2000 - United States of America ( at age 85) 2495
         Burial: 
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Spouses and Children 
1. *Bernard Keefe 1356 
       Marriage: 24 Aug 1936 - United States of America 2495
       Children:
                1. Living
                2. Living
Living 
      Sex: M
Spouses and Children 
1. Living
       Children:
                1. Constable Thomas Barnaby Greene
John Greene 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: 1879 - Cape Broyle, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada 2866
    Christening: 
          Death: 1962 - Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States of America ( at age 83) 2866
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:
Parents 
         Father: Constable Thomas Barnaby Greene 146
         Mother: Esther Delahunty 2866
Margaret Ann Greene 
      Sex: F
AKA: Margaret Greene 5
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: 12 Aug 1928 - Cape Broyle, Newfoundland 1819
    Christening: 
          Death: 14 Jun 2024 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ( at age 95) 1819
         Burial: 18 Jun 2024 - Cape Broyle, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
 Cause of Death: Cancer 1819

Events

•  Alt. Birth: 1911. 

•  Alt. Birth: Cir 1921. 

•  Living: 7 May 1997, Cape Broyle, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. 

•  Living: 9 Jun 2014, Cape Broyle, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
Parents 
         Father: CSM Gregory Lyon Bearpark Greene MM 146,1064,2867
         Mother: Mary Ann Carew 5,1064
Spouses and Children 
1. *Ronald J. O'Brien 1819 
       Marriage: 
       Children:
                1. Living
                2. Living
Notes
General:
110614:

In my meeting with Chris Curran and Melvin Baker yesterday about the 3 Volume set of Robert Carter's diaries, Melvin told me that he got the first transcription of the diaries that he knew about (only a part of the full set) from Margaret O'Brien. Apparently her husband Ron got it in some of his business dealings but she did not know who gave it to him or who was responsible for the transcription.

I had previously shown a death date for her based on David Wells information but I must have had that wrong because she is shown as a survivor in the obituary of Clotilda O'Brien, her sister in law, today.

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