Robin Daniel GLASZIOU

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GLASZIOU, Robin Daniel

Service Number:	NX6083
Enlisted:	3 November 1939, West Wyalong
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/4th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Forbes, New South Wales, Australia, 8 October 1918
Home Town:	West Wyalong, Bland, New South Wales
Schooling:	Bellarwi School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Wireless Mechanic - AWA
Died:	Accidental, Randwick Hospital, Sydney, Australia, 24 November 1939, aged 21 years
Cemetery:	Rookwood Cemetery & Crematorium Church of England, Military Section EE, Grave 652,
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

3 Nov 1939:	Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, NX6083, 2nd/4th Infantry Battalion, West Wyalong
3 Nov 1939:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX6083, 2nd/4th Infantry Battalion
24 Nov 1939:	Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, NX6083, 2nd/4th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Robin Daniel GLASZIOU was born in Forbes, New South Wales on 8th October, 1918

His parents were Daniel Patrick GLASZIOU & Lena GALLAGHER

He enlisted as a Private with the 2nd/4th Infantry Battalion on 3rd November, 1939

Robin died as a result of an accident when with other troops he tried to board a moving bus on the Great Southern Road whilst he was in training at the Ingelburn Military Camp - he suffered a fractured skull & pelvis in the accident

He died in Randwick Hospital on 24th November, 1939 and is buried in the Rookwood Cemetery in Sydney

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