Captain Carleton Carroll Green was born in Parkhill, Ontario in 20 June 1888. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. James Wheeler Green of Kitchener, Ontario and was educated at Galt Collegiate Institute. Green enlisted with the Algonquin Rangers, 97th Regiment in December 1914 and later transferred to the 37th Battalion and to the 13th Montreal Highlanders. He went overseas with the 37th Battalion in 1915 and was in the trenches in early 1916. Green was killed in action at Courcelette on 26 September 1916 and was buried with his major and the colonel of the battalion with full military honours. He was survived by his wife, Mabel McKinnon of Haileybury, Ontario and two daughters.
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