GLOVER, Jack
| Service Number: | 6078 |
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| Enlisted: | 13 May 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 12th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Upper Castra, Tasmania, Australia, 11 May 1895 |
| Home Town: | South Mount Cameron, Dorset, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Bangor State School |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in action, Bullecourt, France, 5 May 1917, aged 21 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 13 May 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6078, 12th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 8 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 6078, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Hobart embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: '' | |
| 8 Aug 1916: | Embarked Private, 6078, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ballarat, Hobart |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Jack Glover was one of four sons of William and Selena Glover of Tunnel, Tasmania who served during WW1. The father William was a well-known miner at Beaconsfield and sadly died of miner’s consumption early in 1917, whilst four of his boys were on active service overseas.
Jack died during very heavy fighting at the Second Battle of Bullecourt in early May 1917. He is one of 45 men from the 12th Battalion simply listed as killed in action between 5/8 May 1917.
His younger brother, 4314 Pte. George Frederick Glover, also served in the 12th Battalion and was later killed during August 1918, aged 21.
Two other brothers, Alfred and Leslie Glover, both returned to Australia during 1919.
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