GLYDE, John
| Service Number: | 6010 |
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| Enlisted: | 14 March 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 4th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Trangie, New South Wales, Australia, 15 May 1898 |
| Home Town: | Darlington Point, Murrumbidgee Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | 1972, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Darlington Point Murrumbidgee Shire & Darlington Point District Great War Honor Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 14 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6010, 4th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 22 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 6010, 4th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Aug 1916: | Embarked Private, 6010, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Sydney | |
| 15 Apr 1917: | Imprisoned The Outpost Villages - German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line, Repatriated to England from POW Germany |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Glyde was captured at Boursies, France, on 15 April 1917 and a witness to his capture in the Red Cross files reported "He was on an out-post on the night of the 14th April 1917 and was completely cut off by the enemy, impossible to escape. We attacked at day-break and went on to the ridge towards out-posts to meet the Germans and found it impossible to hold ground [and] we were ordered to retire to sunken road. Ground retaken afterwards. No sign of his body, believe he is a prisoner." Glyde was with 2 other Australians in the post, one was killed. Pte Glyde was held as a POW in Germany until he was repatriated to England on 14 January 1919 and then arrived back in Australia on 20 May 1919.
John Glyde married in 1925 and raised three children. He farmed at Erigolia near Rankin Springs in NSW after the war and served another three years during the Second World War in the Volunteer Defence Corps.
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