Alfred John GLENDINNING MID

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GLENDINNING, Alfred John

Service Number:	Officer
Enlisted:	20 September 1914
Last Rank:	Captain
Last Unit:	2nd Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	North Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia, 20 August 1894
Home Town:	Brunswick, Moreland, Victoria
Schooling:	Melbourne Teachers College, Parkville, Melbourne High School , Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Student
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 2 August 1917, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	Reninghelst New Military Cemetery, Belgium Plot III, Row C, Grave No. 8
Memorials:	City of Brunswick Honour Roll, Parkville Old State College Memorial Windows, Seymour School Honor Roll, South Melbourne Great War Roll of Honor

World War 1 Service

17 Sep 1914:	Involvement 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: ''
17 Sep 1914:	Embarked 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Geelong, Melbourne
20 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Officer, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade
29 Jun 1917:	Honoured Mention in Dispatches, 'London Gazette', second Supplement, No. 29890 (2 January 1917); 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 103 (29 June 1917).
2 Aug 1917:	Involvement Captain, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 2 Field Artillery Brigade awm_rank: Captain awm_died_date: 1917-08-02

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Biography contributed by Andreena Hockley

Captain Alfred John Glendinning, son of Mr. William Glendinning, of Hope-street, Brunswick, was killed in action on the 3rd of August, 1917.

Born on the 20th of August, 1894, he attended the Melbourne High School in 1910-11-12. He was a member of the school cadet team which first gained the championship of Australia. Having completed his course for the Senior Public examination, he gained a Teachers College studentship, and entered that institution in 1913. The principal reported that he was a zealous and industrious worker and bade fair to be a strong factor for good.

Gazetted Lieutenant in the Artillery about two weeks before the war broke out, he enlisted the first day on which volunteers were called for. He saw service in Egypt, Gallipoli, and France. It was in France that he gained his captaincy, being mentioned also in dispatches for "distinguished and gallant services and devotion to duty."

Source: The Education Department's Record of War Service, Victoria, 1914-1919.

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