GLYNN, Harry
| Service Number: | 3517 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 12 August 1915, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 55th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Grenfell, New South Wales, Australia, 21 February 1893 |
| Home Town: | Erskineville, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Tram Conductor |
| Died: | Shell wounds to both legs followed by shock, Queens Hospital, Birmingham, England, United Kingdom, 10 August 1916, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: |
Birmingham (Lodge Hill) Cemetery, Warwickshire, England Screen Wall, Row B10, Grave 485 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Grenfell Great War Memorial, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 12 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3517, 17th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW | |
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| 20 Dec 1915: | Involvement Private, 3517, 17th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Dec 1915: | Embarked Private, 3517, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Sydney | |
| 20 Apr 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 55th Infantry Battalion, Transferred from the 17th Battalion | |
| 20 Jul 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3517, 55th Infantry Battalion, Severe shell wounds to both legs. Invalided to England on board HS Jane Brey on the 22nd July 1916 | |
| 10 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 3517, 55th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3517 awm_unit: 55th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-08-10 |
Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board
Harry GLYNN (Service Number 3517) was born in Grenfell in 1892, and his NSWGR&T employee card records him as ‘Harry Grenfell Glynn.’ The son of a tram conductor, he joined the Tramways as a conductor in Sydney in March 1914 and was employed at the Dowling Street depot. He was released from duty in August 1915 to enlist in the AIF.
He was wounded in action at Pozières on 20 July 1916.
Evacuated to England, he died of his wounds in the Queen’s Hospital, Birmingham, on 10 August 1916.
Submitted 25 July 2023 by John Oakes
Biography contributed by Carol Foster
Next of kin given as his brother John Glynn of 29 Munny Street, Newtown, NSW
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Biography contributed by Evan Evans
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK/Scotland/Ireland
Died on this date – 10th August…… Grenfell Harry Glynn was born at Grenfell, New South Wales, Australia in 1893. He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force on 12th August, 1915 as “Harry Glynn” & was a 22 year old, single, Tram Conductor from Newtown, Sydney, NSW.
Private Harry Glynn embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on HMAT Aeneas (A60) on 20th December, 1915 with the 17th Infantry Battalion, 8th Reinforcements.
Private Glynn was admitted to No. 1 Australian General Hospital at Abbassia on 10th February, 1916 & discharged to duty on 16th March, 1916. He joined Battalion Details at Tel-el-Kebir on 19th April, 1916.
Private Glynn was transferred to 55th Battalion on 20th April, 1916 at Ferry Post from 17th Battalion. He proceeded to join B.E.F. (British Expeditionary Force) from Alexandria on 19th June, 1916 on Caledonian & disembarked at Marseilles, France on 29th June, 1916.
Private Harry Glynn was wounded in action in France on 20th July, 1916 at Bac St Maur. (Casualties known as at 31st July, 1916 from 55th Battalion - 37 were killed; 5 died of wounds; 154 wounded & 143 missing). He was admitted to 2nd Canadian Stationary Hospital at Outreau, France on 21st July, 1916 with shrapnel wounds to legs.
Private Glynn was invalided to England on Hospital Ship Jan Breydel from Boulogne, France on 22nd July, 1916 with multiple shrapnel wounds. He was admitted to Queens (Civil) Hospital, Birmingham (affiliated with 1st Southern General Hospital), Birmingham, England on 23rd July, 1916 with shrapnel wounds to both legs, feet & hip (severe).
Private Harry Glynn died on 10th August, 1916 at Queens Hospital, Birmingham, England from wounds received in action in France – Shock & Haemorrhage following his wounds.
Information provided by the late Norma Lawrie (Harry’s Great Niece) via Kylie Glynn (Harry’s Great Great Niece) -Private Harry Glyn had both legs amputated.
He was buried in Soldiers Cemetery, Lodge Hill Cemetery, Birmingham, West Midlands, England where 54 other WW1 Australian War Graves are located. His name is on the CWGC Screen Wall as this plot does not have headstones.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/-lodge-hill.html
Biography contributed by John Oakes
Harry GLYNN (Service Number 3517) was born in Grenfell in 1892. He was the son of a tram conductor. He joined the Tramways as a conductor in Sydney in March 1914 and was employed at the Dowling Street depot. He was released from duty in August 1915 to enlist in the AIF.
He left Sydney with the ‘Tramway Battalion’ of reinforcements specially recruited from the Tramways. He was sent first to Egypt. After a month in hospital being treated for venereal disease, he was discharged to duty. He joined the 55th Battalion in April 1916. He went with them to France, landing there in June 1916. He was wounded in action at Pozières on 20th July 1916.
He was evacuated to England.
He died of his wounds in the Queen’s Hospital, Birmingham, on 10th August 1916. He was buried in the Soldiers Cemetery, Lodge Hill, Birmingham.
- based on notes for the Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board.
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