MCADAM, Glanville Montague
| Service Number: | 3428 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 May 1916, Adelaide, SA |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 48th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Quorn, South Australia, Australia, 17 May 1898 |
| Home Town: | Tantanoola, Wattle Range, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Mount Gambier High School |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Daw Park, South Australia, Austrlaia, 3 December 1972, aged 74 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia RSL, Wall 119, Niche B007 |
| Memorials: | Mount Gambier High School Great War Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 20 May 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3428, 48th Infantry Battalion, Adelaide, SA | |
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| Date unknown: | Wounded 3428, 48th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Graeme Roulstone
3428 Glanville Montague McADAM was born at Quorn, South Australia, on 17 May 1898 and was enrolled at Mount Gambier High School on 9 October 1911 by his father John McAdam, ganger, of Commercial Street, Mount Gambier. He left the school on 17 December 1912.6
He enlisted in Adelaide on 20 May 1916 (21, clerk with the South Australian Railways, single, Presbyterian) naming his mother, Isabelle McAdam of Tantanoola, as his next of kin. He embarked from Adelaide on the ‘Seang Bee’ on 10 February 1917, disembarked at Devonport in England on 2 May 1917 and after spending some time with the 12th Training Battalion went overseas to France on 25 September 1917. He joined the 48th Battalion near Passchendaele in Belgium on 6 October. The 48th Battalion played a significant role in bringing the German Spring Offensive to a halt in early April by successfully blocking the main road into Amiens.
For his role in the action McAdam was awarded the Military Medal for his work on 5 April 1918. His commendation reads:
For gallantry and devotion to duty at Albert on 5th April P[riva]te. McAdam carried out his duties as a linesman continuously though always exposed to fire and when the barrage fell was tireless and fearless in keeping up communications successfully. His work throughout was exceptionally cool and courageous.
He was wounded (shrapnel wound face and right arm) on 8 August 1918, the first day of the Battle of Amiens, and evacuated to England on 11 August. He was discharged from hospital on 18 December and went on furlough till 2 January 1919. He left England for return to Australia aboard the ‘Port Napier’ on 12 May 1919, disembarked on 29 June, returned to Mount Gambier in early July where he received an official welcome,367 and was discharged on 6 August.
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