MCGLINN, Donald Spencer
| Service Number: | WX11580 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 April 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/4th Machine Gun Battalion |
| Born: | Dangin, Western Australia, 22 March 1915 |
| Home Town: | Lake Grace, Lake Grace, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Railways Platelayer |
| Died: | Dysentery and Avitaminosis, Tarsau, Thailand, 16 July 1943, aged 28 years |
| Cemetery: |
Kanchanaburi War Cemetery Plot 1, Row J, Grave 44. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Dumbleyung War Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, WX11580 | |
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| 9 Apr 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, WX11580, 2nd/4th Machine Gun Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Cheryl Mellor
Donald McGlinn was born at Dangin, 23 Mar 1915 to James Edmuund and Victoria (Elizabeth) McGlinn.
Having survived the Battle for Singapore, McGlinn was taken POW of Japan 15 Feb 1942 and accommodated Selarang Camp and Barracks, Changi.
14 March 1943 Don McGlinn departed Singapore Railway with 'D' Force S Battalion for Thailand and Burma-Thai Railway. 'D' Force worked around the Hellfire Pass Cutting with the most challenging terrain of the railway. McGlinn was evacuated ill to Tarsau Hospital Camp, where he succumbed to dysentery and avitaminosis 15 Jul 1943, aged 28 years. He was buried at Tarsau, his body later interred and moved to Kanchanaburi War Cemetery.
Don's first cousin WX8478 Frank McGlinn also joined 2/4th MGB. Frank survived the war and returned to WA. He died in an accident just a few years later.
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