GLANFORD, Frederick Arthur
| Service Number: | B3414 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 November 1941, Brisbane, Qld. |
| Last Rank: | Able Seaman |
| Last Unit: | HMAS Kuttabul (Shore) |
| Born: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 24 September 1920 |
| Home Town: | Manumbar, Gympie Regional Council, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Sydney Harbour, New South Wales, Australia, 1 June 1942, aged 21 years |
| Cemetery: |
Rookwood Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales C. of E. Naval Sec. 4. Grave 828. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Goomeri & District Honour Roll WW2 and Other Conflicts, Goomeri Hall of Memory, Goomeri Memorial Clock Tower, Kangaroo Point H.M.A.S. Moreton Honour Roll, Potts Point Garden Island Naval Base HMAS Kuttabul Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement B3414 | |
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| 20 Nov 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, B3414, HMAS Kuttabul (Shore), Brisbane, Qld. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of David and Rebecca Glanford, of Manumbar, Queensland.
Lost in sinking of "Kuttabul" by enemy action at Sydney.
Stoker Glanford joined the Navy in November 194 1 . He completed his training at HMAS Cerberus and was sent to Sydney and billeted on Kuttabul to await his mobilisation. Four days before the attack on Sydney Harbour he was issued his lifeboat and anti-flash equipment. The stoker from Brisbane was ready to face the war. Frederick was killed in action by a torpedo from the Japanese midget submarine, M-24, on June 1, 1942. He was 21. The war found him faster than expected.
GLANFORD, Frederick Arthur R.A.N.— In sad and loving memory of my loving Son, Stoker Frederick Arthur Glanford, also our Brother, Brother-in-law, who was killed by enemy action, Sydney Harbour, 31st May, 1942.
Inserted by his loving Mother, Brothers, Stanley, Henry, Malcolm, Gordon, Allick, and Sister-in-law, Edna.
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