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GLYNN, Walter
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 4537 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 September 1916, Enlisted at Cloncurry, QLD |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 24th Machine Gun Company |
| Born: | Molong, New South Wales, Australia, 1893 |
| Home Town: | Cloncurry, Cloncurry, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | War related causes, Gosford, New South Wales, Australia, 7 July 1973 |
| Cemetery: |
Point Clare General Cemetery, New South Wales, Australia Lawn Portion 5, Row 6, Grave 5 |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 22 Sep 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4537, 31st Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Cloncurry, QLD | |
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| 23 Dec 1916: | Involvement Private, 4537, 31st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: '' | |
| 23 Dec 1916: | Embarked Private, 4537, 31st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Sydney | |
| 2 Jan 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 24th Machine Gun Company, From the 31st Battalion at Perham Downs, England | |
| 31 Oct 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4537, 24th Machine Gun Company, Multiple shrapnel wounds face (affecting his right eye), shoulder and thigh | |
| 14 Aug 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 4537, 24th Machine Gun Company, Discharged at 1st Military District as medically unfit due to wounds to the right eye and left thigh |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Francis and Christina Gkynn of Molong, NSW. Brother of Thomas H. Glynn, Francis Glynn, James Glynn, Mary A. Glynn, John Glynn, William David Glynn, Margery S. Glynn, Christina Glynn and Frederick Glynn
Commenced return to Australia on 5 April 1918 on board HT Borda for discharge disembarking on 1 June 1918 in Sydney for onward travel to Brisbane, QLD
Husband of Molly (Mary). Walter and Molly married in Sydney during 1920c. Father of Pat, Frank and Greta
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal