Cyril James GLENN

GLENN, Cyril James

    Service Number: 1835A
    Enlisted: 30 May 1916, Enlisted at Adelaide
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 35th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Terowie, South Australia, 5 June 1898
    Home Town: Terowie, Goyder, South Australia
    Schooling: Public School, Terowie, South Australia
    Occupation: Railway Cleaner
    Died: Killed in Action, Messines, Belgium, 7 June 1917, aged 19 years
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    No known grave, Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
    Memorials: Adelaide National War Memorial, Adelaide South Australian Railways WW1 & WW2 Honour Boards, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Terowie Institute Honour Board, Terowie Public School Honor Roll, Terowie War Memorial
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    World War 1 Service

    30 May 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1835A, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Adelaide
    12 Aug 1916: Involvement Private, 1835A, 43rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: ''
    12 Aug 1916: Embarked Private, 1835A, 43rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ballarat, Adelaide
    11 Nov 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 35th Infantry Battalion, Transferred from the 43rd Battalion to the 35th Battalion in England
    7 Jun 1917: Involvement Private, 1835A, 35th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1835A awm_unit: 35th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-06-07

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of James Glenn and Elizabeth (nee Treweek) Glenn of Terowie, later of Herbert Street, Albert, SA; brother of Alice Isabella Glenn, Catherine Gertrude Glenn, Laurence Watson Glenn who returned to Australia on 1 July 1919  having served with the 6th Field Artillery, Mary Elizabeth Glenn, Gerald Anthony Glenn, Dorothy Irene Glenn and Eileen Veronica Glenn

    Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

    Also served in the Citizen Military Forces in Peterborough, SA

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