WHALAN, Glyndwr Montagu
| Service Number: | 1336 |
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| Enlisted: | 2 March 1915, Liverpool, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 18th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Oberon, New South Wales, 5 April 1889 |
| Home Town: | Oberon, Oberon, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Oberon State School |
| Occupation: | Farmer/Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, 22 August 1915, aged 26 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bathurst War Memorial Carillon, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, Oberon Shire Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 2 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Liverpool, New South Wales | |
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| 25 Jun 1915: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Private, 1336, 18th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' |
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| 25 Jun 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1336, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney | |
| 22 Aug 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1336, 18th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli |
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Glyndwr Montague (Glen) WHALAN, born 1889 , registered at Oberon; a labourer resident at “Bracondale” Oberon. Glen enlisted on 6 March 1915 in the Australian Infantry Forces and was assigned to “D” Company 18th Infantry Battalion, Infantry Brigade SERN: 1336; he embarked with the 18th on HMAT Ceramic [A40] in Sydney on 25 June 1915 as a Private aged 25 and arrived at Gallipoli on 20 August 1915; the fateful 18th was slaughtered on "Hill 60" Lone Pine Gallipoli.
†Glen died 22 August 1915 aged 26 years – according to Greg Davies (pers comm. Feb 2006) they gave him a rifle but no ammunition, and they never found the body.
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