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GLANVILLE-HICKS, Tregarthen Charles
Personal Details
| Service Number: | VX114173 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 October 1942, Liverpool, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/11th Field Company / Squadron RAE |
| Born: | Wellington, New Zealand, 10 August 1911 |
| Home Town: | Brighton, Bayside, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Wesley College, Melbourne University, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Architect |
| Died: | Accidental (Drowning), Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia, 27 February 1943, aged 31 years |
| Cemetery: |
Wagga Wagga General (Monumental) Cemetery Methodist Plot, Section G, Grave 840 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Lieutenant, VX114173 | |
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| 20 Oct 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , VX114173, Liverpool, NSW | |
| 27 Feb 1943: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, VX114173, 2nd/11th Field Company / Squadron RAE |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Tregarthen Charles GLANVILLE - HICKS was born in Wellington, New Zealand on 10th August, 1911
His parents were Ernest GLANVILLE-HICKS & Myrtle BARLEY who married in New Zealand in 1909
He married June Leslie Syme CALDER in Victoria in 1937
Tregarthen accidentally drowned in the Murrumbidgee River at Wagga Wagga due to heart failure during experimental exercises with his Unit - he is buried in the Wagga Wagga General Cemetery
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His brother Captain Beric Tristan GLANVILLE-HICKS also served during WW2 & was discharged on 19th July, 1946
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