Worsley and the James Caird set out into the Southern Ocean. Greenstreet and his 21 fellow castaways remained encamped on Elephant Island, and were rescued on 30 August 1916. Later life and character After the end of the expedition and with World War I continuing, Greenstreet was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Inland Water Transport arm of the Royal Engineers in 1917, serving in supply barges on the Tigris in British-occupied Mesopotamia. He married Millie Baddeley Muir in 1917. After the war, Greenstreet chose shore life, working in marine insurance. He saw active service in World War II as an officer in the Royal Naval Reserve. Greenstreet left command of Admiralty tug Freebooter in January 1942 to become rescue tug equipment officer in charge of the US shipbuilding programme of rescue tugs for the Admiralty under lend-lease. After the war, he resumed insurance work prior to retirement. His wife Millie died in 1955 and he married Audrey Day. Worsley, who had chosen Greenstreet on very short notice to join the fateful expedition, repeatedly paid tribute to him in his memoirs. During the first open-boat journey, "Greenstreet was splendid, never losing hope and always ready to crack some appalling sailor-joke." On Elephant Island Worsley's last sight of Greenstreet prior to the Southern Ocean trip was his former First Officer, "cheerfully profane as ever", helping to bag stones to be loaded onto the James Caird as ballast. Notes Sources 1889 births 1979 deaths Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition Recipients of the Polar Medal Royal Engineers officers Royal Naval Reserve personnel