Charles Henry GLANVILLE MM

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GLANVILLE, Charles Henry

Service Number:	39
Enlisted:	19 September 1914
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	5th Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Nowra, New South Wales, Australia, 19 June 1884
Home Town:	Cooyar, Toowoomba, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Grazier
Died:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia , 23 January 1959, aged 74 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Woronora Memorial Park, Sutherland, New South Wales
Memorials:	Cooyar State School Roll of Honour, Cooyar War Memorial, Nowra Soldiers Memorial, Yarraman War Memorial

World War 1 Service

19 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 39, 5th Light Horse Regiment
21 Dec 1914:	Involvement Private, 39, 5th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: ''
21 Dec 1914:	Embarked Private, 39, 5th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Persic, Sydney
6 Apr 1918:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 5th Light Horse Regiment
7 Aug 1918:	Honoured Military Medal, Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 120 Date: 7 August 1918 Attestation papers record that he was notified of his MM 15/12/1917. Citation not available on AWM
24 Feb 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 39, 5th Light Horse Regiment, 2nd MD

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Biography contributed by Evan Evans

Edited from AWM

The Glanville Family from Nowra, NSW contributed three brothers who served during the First World War: 39 Trooper Charles Henry Glanville, 5102 Private Septimus Douglas Glanville and 6691 Sapper Cedric Richard Glanville.

LCpl Charles Henry Glanville, served with the 5th Light Horse Regiment at Gallipoli from July 1915 until the evacuation, excluding a brief period when he was evacuated sick in October. He later served in Sinai and Palestine. He was awarded the Military Medal, which was gazetted in March 1918.

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