GLASSEY, William
| Service Number: | 364 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 25 April 1879 |
| Home Town: | Rockhampton, Rockhampton, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed In Action, France, 24 October 1917, aged 38 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 364 | |
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| 4 Apr 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 364, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 506 notes 6th QIB embarked at Pinkenba 4 Apr 1901 aboard Victoria arriving Cape Town 2 May 1901. | |
| 23 Jun 1902: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 364, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 508 notes 6th QIB embarked at Durban 17 May 1902 aboard Devon returning to Australia arriving Brisbane 17 Jun 1902, disbanded 23 Jun 1902. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
Having first served in the Boer war he also served in WW1, Private S.N. 657/657A, 31st Infantry Battalion, AIF, and was killed in action at Passchendaele on 24 Oct 1917.
When William Glassey enlisted in 1901 for the South African (Boer) war in the 6th QIB and his details were published with the rank and file in The Queenslander, 13 Apr 1901, he noted his N.O.K. as Mrs. Glassey, New Farm. In the original Nominal Roll for the 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen Contingent, held by National Archives, his N.O.K. was recorded as his mother.
He enlisted again in 1915 for WW1 and on his Attestation Paper, dated 20 Dec 1915, it is noted that; he was born at Brisbane and was 38 years 5 months of age; he was single and a labourer; he nominated a friend initially as N.O.K. but this was later changed to his mother Mrs. A. Glassey, New Farm; and he had previously served in South Africa in the 6th QIB.
According to statements contained in his Red Cross "Wounded and Missing" File, he was in action as a signaller/observer attached to Headquarters at Passchendaele when K.I.A. On 24 Oct 1917 he was standing near the door of a pill-box when an enemy gas shell hit him in the chest killing him instantly.
William Glassey was born on 25 Apr 1879 at Brisbane, a son to William Glassey and Anne Glassey (nee Nolan).
(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 516; National Archives Australia- B 5172 Nominal Roll of 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen Contingent Queensland Defence Force for service in South Africa, p. 5; National Archives Australia- WW1 service record; AWM- Red Cross Wounded and Missing File).
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