GLIDE, Frederick John
| Service Number: | 2178 |
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| Enlisted: | 21 March 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 49th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Sydenham, London SE, England, May 1894 |
| Home Town: | Lismore, Lismore Municipality, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Sydenham, London SE, England School, Sydenham Hill Old Boys School, Sydenham, London SE, England |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Vaux-sur-Somme near Corbie, France, 10 June 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery (Plot VIII, Row B, Grave No. 8), Fouilloy, France, Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Copmanhurst & Upper Clarence War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 21 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2178, 49th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 16 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 2178, 49th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Boorara embarkation_ship_number: A42 public_note: '' | |
| 16 Aug 1916: | Embarked Private, 2178, 49th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Boorara, Brisbane |
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From François Berthout
Today, it is with deep gratitude that I want to honor the memory of a young Australian man, one of my boys of the Somme who gave his life for his country and for France with bravery.I want to pay a very respectful tribute to Private number 2178 Frederick John Glide who fought in the 49th Australian infantry battalion and who was killed in action 102 years ago,on June 10, 1918 at the age of 23 on the Somme front.
Frederick John Glide was born in 1894 in Sydenham, London, England and he was the son of James Butt and Rosa Glide and they lived at 32, Bradford Road, Wells Road, Sydenham, London, England.Frederick was educated at Sydenham Hill Old Boys School, Sydenham, London. At the age of 18 Frederick and his family moved to Australia and lived in South Gundurimba via Lismore, New South Wales and before the war John worked as a farmer.
Enlisted on March 21, 1916 at the age of 21 in the 49th Australian infantry battalion, 4th Reinforcement, he embarked with his unit from Brisbane, Queensland on board HMAT A42 Boorara on August 16, 1916 and sailed to England and was disembarked on October 13, 1916 in Plymouth and joined the 13th battalion of training in Coldford where he received his training then he embarked with the 49th battalion from Southampton on October 14, 1917 for France and was disembarked in Le Havre the next day, on October 15, 1917 and joined the Somme trenches on October 23, 1917.
Unfortunately it was in the Somme that Frederick met his fate and was killed in action at Vaux-Sur-Somme, near Corbie, Somme at the age of 23.
Today, Frederick John Glide rests in peace with his friends and brothers in arms at the Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery, Somme.
Thank you from the bottom of my heart Frederick, you who rest in peace on these sacred lands of the Somme in Villers-Bretonneux, symbol of the courage, sacrifice and eternal Remembrance of all Australian soldiers, these young boys who came from very far and who fought and who sacrificed their lives here, sacrificing all the parts of their youth, standing with courage, facing the horrors of war and the brutality of the battlefields of the Somme, lands which are the symbol of a golden generation that was mowed down by the fury of a world at war. Today, the Australian sun shines brightly on the grave of all these young men whose names will always be engraved in our hearts, eternal place that nothing will not make disappear.The Somme will always remember these boys, my boys with the greatest respect and with a lot of love, we will always be the benevolent, respectful and grateful guardians of their memory so that the flame of their Remembrance shines forever with strength.we will never forget the courage and the bravery of all these young men who paid the greatest sacrifice, we will never forget australia and all the Commonwealth countries who fought here to protect freedom, for peace for which they fell, France and the people of the Somme will always have the greatest respect for you Frederick, for all your brothers in arms, for your families.At the going down of the sun and in the morning, we will remember him, we will remember them.🌺
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