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GLENN, John Gray
Personal Details
| Service Number: | SX10090 |
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| Enlisted: | 7 August 1940, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/48th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, 20 April 1909 |
| Home Town: | Warnertown, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Port Pirie High School |
| Occupation: | School teacher |
| Died: | Natural causes, Adelaide, South Australia, 11 May 1996, aged 87 years |
| Cemetery: |
Enfield Memorial Park, South Australia Catholic Section, Row S, Grave 26 |
| Memorials: | Crystal Brook Warnertown and District WW2 Honour Board, Henley Beach Council WW2 Honour Roll and Addendum |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 7 Aug 1940: | Enlisted Private, SX10090, Adelaide, South Australia | |
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| 7 Aug 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Sergeant, SX10090 | |
| 8 Aug 1940: | Involvement Private, SX10090 | |
| 24 Jun 1943: | Honoured Mention in Dispatches, Exact date of the action leading to the award is unknown. London Gazette 24 June 1943, page 2866, position 33 Commonwealth of Australia Gazette 16 March 1944, page 651, position 8 | |
| 24 Aug 1944: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, SX10090, 2nd/48th Infantry Battalion | |
| 24 Aug 1944: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Sergeant, SX10090 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of John Pervis Glenn and Mary Wilson Glenn nee Gray of Adelaide, SA. Brother of Archibald William Glenn and Maggie Isabel Glenn
On 1 February 1936 John married Elizabeth Cashmore in the Our Lady of Dolours Church, Kingswood, SA
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