GLENN, Hugh George
| Service Number: | 153 |
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| Enlisted: | 24 August 1914, An original member of A Squadron |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 15 February 1886 |
| Home Town: | Bendigo, Greater Bendigo, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Central State School, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Fitter |
| Died: | Pneumonia, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 22 May 1918, aged 32 years |
| Cemetery: |
Bendigo Public Cemetery, Victoria |
| Memorials: | Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor, Bendigo St. John's Presbyterian Church Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 24 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 153, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, An original member of A Squadron | |
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| 24 Sep 1914: | Involvement Private, 153, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of England embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: '' | |
| 24 Sep 1914: | Embarked Private, 153, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Star of England, Brisbane |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Trooper Hugh Glen, died in a Bendigo hospital on 22 May 1918. He was 32 years of age, was invalided back from the war during 1915, suffering from pneumonia and lung problems. At one time it seemed as if he had recuperated, but he gradually grew weaker and weaker. Trooper Glen was well known in Bendigo. He was prior to the war engaged with Jorgensen and Sons, contractors of Bendigo, and whilst performing a contract in Queensland for the firm he went to Queensland, and when the war broke out, he enlisted in that State in the 2nd Queensland Light Horse. After training he proceeded to Gallipoli, where he was wounded. On one occasion it was reported he was blown 30 feet into the air by the explosion of a shell.
Trooper Glen explained to a meeting, held to honour the returned soldiers that they had 100 men in his company when they landed, but 60 were killed or wounded by the second day in the trenches, and after that they gradually dwindled down. They were in Lone Pine when two of their three lines were wiped out, and then they went to Pope's Hill. They could not get food although there was plenty on the beach, but no one to bring it up to them. They sent one man down for water every 18 hours, while the others continued to hold the trenches. For a rest they had to do outpost duty or mining and sapping. He was there for three months and five men were the only reinforcements they received.
It was reported in the newspapers that there was scarcely a wider known athlete than Trooper Hugh Glen. In the football field, cricket field, and in fact any branch of sport, he excelled. The old Y.M.C.A. and the St. Andrew's cricket teams owed a great deal of their success in competition matches to his prowess. South Bendigo footballers and supporters on many occasions proclaimed him as one of their best all-round football players, whilst the baseball members of the Y.M.C.A. also recognised that it was greatly indebted to him for their victories on many occasions. As a member of the Kangaroo Flat Fire Brigade, he participated in the championship reel race in the Bendigo and other demonstrations. He married just prior to his death to Miss Irene Bishop.
Hugh Glen’s brother Charles Glen had died of illness during the Boer War, serving with the Colonial Scouts. Another brother served as 3828 Henry Victor Simpson Glen in the 5th Battalion AIF and was severely wounded at Pozieres, returning to Australia early in 1917.
Hugh Glen does not have his name on the Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour.
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