GLARE, Lawson Evered
| Service Number: | 1661 |
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| Enlisted: | 14 February 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Field Company Engineers |
| Born: | Branxholme, Victoria, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Wallacedale, Glenelg, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Memorials: | Wallacedale WW1 Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 14 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1661, 60th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 4 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 1661, 60th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: '' | |
| 4 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 1661, 60th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Lincoln, Melbourne | |
| 8 Jun 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 2nd Field Company Engineers | |
| 12 Dec 1917: | Honoured Military Medal, Menin Road, First appeared in London Gazette page 13025 at position 53. "During the operations along the MENIN ROAD on 20th and 22nd September, 1917, he was employed as company runner between strong point at LONE HOUSE and HOOGE CRATER. He successfully accomplished six trips, aggregating about 20 miles under very heavy barrage fire. He displayed cool judgment and great devotion to duty throughout". | |
| 27 Jul 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1661, 2nd Field Company Engineers, Discharge rank: Sapper |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Ned Young
A labourer from Wallacedale North via Condah, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Glare embarked with the 2nd Reinforcements from Melbourne on HMAT Port Lincoln on 4 May 1916. Later transferring to the 58th Battalion and then to the 2nd Field Company Engineers with the rank of Sapper, he was awarded the Military Medal which reads in part “…he was employed as a company runner…He successfully accomplished six trips, aggregating about 20 miles under very heavy barrage fire. He displayed cool judgment and great devotion to duty throughout.” He was later wounded in action and, due to the severity of his wound, returned to Australia on 13 March 1918 and was medically discharged.
Biogrpahy via Australian War Memorial avaliable at: https://awm.gov.au/C10516922
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