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GLENN, Frederick James
Personal Details
Service Number: | 1291 |
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Enlisted: | 4 July 1915, Liverpool, New South Wales |
Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
Last Unit: | 30th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Redfern, New South Wales, 1896 |
Home Town: | Redfern, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Cleveland High School |
Occupation: | Clerk |
Died: | Killed in Action, Fromelles, France, 20 July 1916 |
Cemetery: |
Fromelles (Pheasant Wood) Military Cemetery Plot 3, Row C, Grave 3 Originally appeared on VC Corner Memorial on Panel 2. His body was one of many which were exhumed, re-buried and identified by DNA, Pheasant Wood Military Cemetery, Fromelles, Lille, Nord Pas de Calais, France, VC Corner Australian Cemetery and Memorial, Fromelles, Lille, Nord Pas de Calais, France |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
4 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1291, Liverpool, New South Wales | |
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9 Nov 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1291, 30th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Beltana embarkation_ship_number: A72 public_note: '' | |
9 Nov 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1291, 30th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Beltana, Sydney | |
20 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1291, 30th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1291 awm_unit: 30th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1916-07-20 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Soon of Wilson Worrell Glenn and Isabell Glenn of 'Glenella' Chelsea Street, Redfern, NSW later of Prince Street, Randwick
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Also served 12 months with the Citizen Military Forces, 26 Battalion and was still serving at the timeof enlistment