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WAY, Glen Henry Evans
| Service Number: | 1669 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 50th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Cleve, South Australia, 1897 |
| Home Town: | Arno Bay, Cleve, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | 9 August 1985, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia |
| Memorials: | Cleve WW1 Honor Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 18 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 1669, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: '' | |
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| 18 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 1669, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Gunner, 1669, 50th Infantry Battalion | |
| Date unknown: | Wounded 1669, 13th Field Artillery Brigade |
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Glen Henry Evans Way was born in 1897, in Boothby near Arno Bay not far from Cleve, South Australia. Before the war, Glen worked on his family farm, helping his father. He was the son of George Thomas Way and Harriot Louisa Evans. Prewar, Glen had a residence located at Elbow Hill, South Australia, and came from a large rural farming family
On the 28th of July, 1915, Glen Henry Evans Way enlisted in the war, at Keswick South Australia. At the time, he was 18 years old. He embarked overseas 18th November 1915 on the HMAT Geelong from Adelaide. He disembarked in the Middle East and completed more training. He proceeded to the Western Front in France arriving at Marseilles 22nd June 1916. In 1917 he spent time in hospital in England with bronchitis and mumps before returning to the Western Front in August 1917. He was wounded in action 9th August 1918 and after initial treatment in hospital in France was sent to a convalescent depot in France to recover. He took leave in England in October 1918.
Glen began the journey home to Australia on the 2nd January, 1919. He was formally discharged from the AIF 3rd April 1919. He married Clarice Evelyn Dunn on the 23rd of August 1923.
He lived a long life, and died at 88 years old, on the 9th of August 1985, his last residence being at Kalamunda. He is buried at the Karrakatta Cemetery and is commemorated on the Cleve WW1 Honour
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