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GLANVILLE , James Vaughan
| Service Numbers: | 4478, S5134 |
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| Enlisted: | 7 September 1915, Keswick Barracks |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 10th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Mount Gambier, South Australia , 28 June 1897 |
| Home Town: | Mount Gambier, Mount Gambier, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Mount Gambier, South Australia, 24 May 1945, aged 47 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Mount Gambier Lake Terrace Cemetery Section E, Plot 326 |
| Memorials: | Mount Gambier Knight & Cleve Pictorial Honour Rolls |
World War 1 Service
| 7 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4478, 10th Infantry Battalion, Keswick Barracks | |
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| 7 Feb 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4478, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Miltiades embarkation_ship_number: A28 public_note: '' | |
| 8 Aug 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4478, 10th Infantry Battalion, Mouquet Farm | |
| 17 Nov 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4478, 10th Infantry Battalion, 'The Winter Offensive' - Flers/Gueudecourt winter of 1916/17, GSW BACK | |
| 25 Feb 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4478, 10th Infantry Battalion, German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line and Outpost Villages, 'Private James Vaughan GLANVILLE displayed great devotion to duty near LE BARQUE on the 25th February, 1917. Private GLANVILLE rendered very valuable assistance by patrolling on our flanks and to the front despite enemy snipers and machine guns.' Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 140 Date: 27 August 1917 | |
| 12 Dec 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 4478, 10th Infantry Battalion, Discharged Medically Unfit after contracting Nephritis |
Non Warlike Service
| 1 Aug 1932: | Enlisted S5134 |
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Awarded the Military Medal
'Private James Vaughan GLANVILLE displayed great devotion to duty near LE BARQUE on the 25th February, 1917. Private GLANVILLE rendered very valuable assistance by patrolling on our flanks and to the front despite enemy snipers and machine guns.'
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 140
Date: 27 August 1917
Submitted 8 July 2017 by Steve Larkins
Biography contributed by Saint Ignatius' College
Biography
28th July 1897, South Australia in Mount Gambier is the day James Vaughan Glanville came to the world. After 18 years of normal life including education and family time, on the 7th September 1915, he visited Keswick barracks. James, at the age of 18 years old makes, a life threatening decision by signing up for the Australian Imperial Force to go to World War One for the first time.
James was taken to battle by embarking from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A28 Miltiades ship on the 7th February 1916. When James reached land with the rest of the army, he was put in the 10th Battalion with a regimental number of 4478. During the time when the war was alive ‘Private James Vaughan Glanville displayed great devotion to duty near LE BARQUE on the 25th February 1917. Private GLANVILLE rendered very valuable assistance by patrolling on our flanks and to the front despite enemy snipers and machine guns.' Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 140. The specific date of this achievement was 25th February 1917. In this achievement, Private James Glanville received a Military Medal, British War medal and a Victory medal.
James joined his battalion on 30th July 1916 and subsequently took part in the battle for Mouquet Farm. Following the consolidation of Pozières and the Windmill, General Gough began to implement the next phase of his plan, which was to thrust north along the ridge to drive a wedge behind Thiepval about 2 kilometers North West of Pozières. Barring the right approach to Thiepval was a battered and broken complex, which before the war had consisted of a homestead, courtyard, and dairy; this was Mouquet Farm or as the Anzacs called it ‘Moo Cow Farm.’ The Germans had earlier identified the ground the farm sat on as tactically significant and in addition to fortifying it, had built a network of interconnecting rooms and bunkers beneath the farm. Commencing on 8 August the 4th Division was to seize the approaches to the farm and by 14 August capture the Farm itself. The 4th Brigade advanced along the western slope of the ridge on 8 August, after two days of fighting under the most appalling conditions; patrols were pushed out to establish posts in the valley to the south of the farm and at a sunken road to the east of it. The Germans launched two counter-attacks on 11 August but withdrew when the Australian battalions cut their attacks to pieces with aggressive and sustained machine gun fire. The following day the Australians advanced to a line along which they were then directly facing the German positions among the rubble of Mouquet Farm. Preparations were made to attack the farm on 13 August, but when the Germans recaptured the ground they had earlier lost to the British, which was, then on the 4th Division’s flank, the plan was changed. It was during the attack on this modified objective that Captain Henry Murray’s Company seized part of Fabeck Trench northeast of the farm.
James was wounded in the back on 9 November 1916. In 1917 he became ill with nephritis, which led to him being sent home to Australia and discharged on 12th December 1917.
Anzac Spirit:
I think my soldier was courageous in the war as he was awarded a few medals for bravery. I see James as one of those soldiers who don't get enough credit for what he did in the war, such as not a lot of people know about him and what he did for Australia. but in my opinion in this website and what I have researched in him I think he is a hero for what he has done for our country.
Bibliography
Virtual War Memorial 2017, accessed 27 February 2019, <https://vwma.org.au/explore/people/315618>.
National Archives of Australia 2017, accessed 27 February 2019, <https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=5099451>.
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