GLEW, Harold
| Service Number: | 2848 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 29th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Fryers Creek, Victoria, 20 August 1891 |
| Home Town: | Footscray, Maribyrnong, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Fryers Creek, Victoria |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Carlton, Victoria, Australia, 29 September 1939, aged 48 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Footscray Cemetery, Victoria |
| Memorials: | Fryerstown Old Boys of Fryerstown & District Roll of Honor, Fryerstown State School No 252 Honor Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 14 Mar 1916: | Involvement Private, 2848, 29th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: '' | |
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| 14 Mar 1916: | Embarked Private, 2848, 29th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Sandra Rae Glew
Harold Glew received the Military Medal while serving on the Western Front.
At Bellicourt and Nauroy on 29th/30th September and 1st October 1918. For conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty. He carried messages to Battalion Headquarters under heavy shell and Machine Gun fire during the advance on Nauroy and Le Catelet on 29th September. He carried messages practically all the night of 29th/30th September during the advance to the Railway cutting under very trying circumstances. On the afternoon of the 30th he carried a message out to a Platoon in face of extremely heavy Machine gun and shell fire, to what appeared almost certain death and succeedd in bringing back answers from the Platoon Commander. Owing to casualties to the Company Runners he had double work to do and he acted throughout the whole operation with great bravery and self sacrifice. In the operations of the last few months this soldier has carried out similar work in every engagement.
Commonwealth Gazette No. 109 dated 15 September 1919
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