GLENISTER, William Hector
| Service Numbers: | V102962, VX147738 |
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| Enlisted: | 12 September 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Lance Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | Australian Army Provost Corps (WW2) |
| Born: | Main Lead, Beaufort, Victoria, Australia, 18 February 1921 |
| Home Town: | Main Lead, Pyrenees, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farm Hand |
| Died: | Maryborough, Queensland, Australia, 16 July 1989, aged 68 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Maryborough Cemetery, Fraser Coast, Queensland |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 12 Sep 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, V102962, 1 Armoured Training Regiment | |
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| 12 Jul 1943: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, V102962, Australian Army Provost Corps (WW2), embarked Townsville for Port Moresby on board Duntroon | |
| 6 Dec 1943: | Promoted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, Australian Army Provost Corps (WW2) | |
| 2 Jan 1944: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, V102962, Australian Army Provost Corps (WW2) | |
| 3 Jan 1944: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Sergeant, VX147738 | |
| 22 Jul 1944: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, VX147738, Australian Army Provost Corps (WW2), embarked Townsville for Lae on board the Ormiston | |
| 5 Dec 1944: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, VX147738, Australian Army Provost Corps (WW2), embarked Lae for Townsville on board Tarooma | |
| 12 Mar 1946: | Promoted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Sergeant, Australian Army Provost Corps (WW2) | |
| 25 Jun 1946: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Sergeant, VX147738 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Lance Sergeant William Hector Glenister (Service No:VX147738) initially served in the ACMF (Private; Service No:V102962) with 1 Armoured Training Regiment, 1 Provost Training Coy and New Guinea Force (NGF) Provost Coy from 17 February 1943 to 2 January 1944 when he enlisted 'in the field' in the AIF. Lance Sergeant Glenister was attached to NGF Provost Coy at Discharge on 25 June 1946.
Born in Main Lead, Beaufort, Victoria in 1921, Bill was third of eleven children of Hector Henry Glenister (b1897 in Beaufort, Victoria) and Martha Louisa George (b1898 in Beaufort, Victoria). Hector had worked as a Striker in Warracknabeal and was a Labourer in Main Lead, Beaufort in 1918 when he and Matha married. They settled in Main Lead where they raised their family and Hector was a Labourer and Farmer.
Bill worked as a Farm Hand, Butcher and Woodcutter before his enlistment and was in Maryborough. QLD in 1946 when he married Mary (Molly) Margaret Bradshaw (b1921 in Maryborough, QLD) - Molly was working in Maryborough as a Clerk. Bill and Molly settled in Maryborough, QLD where they raised their family and Bill worked as a Storeman and Clerk. Bill died in 1989 and Molly in 1996.
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