Robert GLASGOW

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Service Number:	391
Enlisted:	1 September 1914, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	3rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Kirkcaldy, Scotland, United Kingdom, 1879
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Kirkcaldy High School, Scotland
Occupation:	Engineer
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 27 April 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave Panel 20, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

1 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 391, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
20 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 391, 3rd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 391, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney

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Son of the Rev. Robert and Margaret Kerr Glasgow of 31 Abercorn Terrace, Portobello, Scotland

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Also served with the volunteers at Kirkcaldy, Scotland and with the Royal Garrsion Artillery, Rangoon

Served a 6 year apprenticeship with Douglas Reut

He served with the 3rd Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. Service No:391. He fell in action with the Australian landings at Sari Bair.

He was 36 and the son of the Rev. Robert Glasgow [Parish Minister of Invertiel] and Marget Ker Glasgow of 31 Abercorn Terrace, Portobello, Scotland.

He is remembered on the family grave at Abbotshall Churchyard, Kirkcaldy, Fifeshire, Scotland.

He is one of more than 20 Australian casualties of the Great War who are commemorated on the Kirkcaldy War Memorial.