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GLOWREY, Lindsay Gordon
Personal Details
Service Number: | Officer |
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Enlisted: | 8 August 1915, Perth, Western Australia |
Last Rank: | Second Lieutenant |
Last Unit: | 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
Born: | St Kilda, Victoria, Australia, 4 January 1892 |
Home Town: | Perth, Western Australia |
Schooling: | Christian Brothers College and Adelaide University |
Occupation: | Articled Law Clerk |
Died: | Killed In Action, France, 11 April 1917, aged 25 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Camperdown War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
8 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Officer, Perth, Western Australia | |
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12 Feb 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Miltiades embarkation_ship_number: A28 public_note: '' | |
12 Feb 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Miltiades, Fremantle | |
11 Apr 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Bullecourt (First), --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 16 Battalion awm_rank: Second Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1917-04-11 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Karen Marr
Service records detail his death - "This Officer was killed by machine gun fire...he was killed on enemy wire...it was not possible to bring his body out..".