Charles Green (26 December 1919 – 1 November 1950) was an Australian Militia officer who volunteered for overseas service at the start of World War II. He fought in Greece in 1941 and returned to Australia in 1942. From March to July 1945, Green commanded the 2/11th Battalion during the Aitape–Wewak campaign in New Guinea, becoming the youngest Australian infantry battalion commander. For his performance during the campaign, Green was made a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order. He later commanded the 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (RAR), during the Korean War. The battalion joined UN forces and advanced into North Korea, fighting in the Battles of the Apple Orchard, the Broken Bridge and Chongju. On 30 October 1950, Green was wounded in the stomach by a shell fragment. Evacuated to hospital, he died of his wounds two days later, aged 30, and was subsequently awarded the US Silver Star. He remains the only commanding officer of an RAR battalion to die on active service.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1897:

Juventus, Italy's most successful football club, was founded as an athletics club. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juventus_F.C.

1914:

World War I: The first contingent of the First Australian Imperial Force (soldiers pictured) departed Albany, Western Australia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Australian_Imperial_Force

1941:

American photographer Ansel Adams shot Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico, one of his most famous photographs. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moonrise,_Hernandez,_New_Mexico

1956:

The Indian states Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, and Karnataka were formally created under the States Reorganisation Act. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karnataka

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

cherub: 1. (biblical) A winged creature attending on God, described by Pseudo- Dionysius the Areopagite (c. 5th–6th century) as the second highest order of angels, ranked above thrones and below seraphim; similar to a lamassu in the pre-exilic texts of the Hebrew Bible, more humanoid in later texts. 2. An artistic depiction of such a being, typically in the form of a winged child or a child's head with wings but no body. 3. (figuratively) A person, especially a child, seen as being particularly angelic or innocent. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cherub

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

If there is a witness to my little life, To my tiny throes and struggles, He sees a fool; And it is not fine for gods to menace fools.   --Stephen Crane https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Stephen_Crane