GLASS, David
| Service Number: | 21221 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 9th Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Scone, Perth, Scotland., date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | South Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Scone Public School, Scotland. |
| Occupation: | Tinsmith |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Amiens, France., 16 April 1918, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Mericourt-L'Abbe Communal Cemetery Extension Plot II, Row G, Grave No. 8 INSCRIPTION THOUGH DEATH DIVIDES FOND MEMORY CLINGS , Mericourt-L'Abbe Communal Cemetery Extension, Mericourt-L'Abbe, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 11 May 1916: | Involvement Gunner, 21221, 9th Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: '' | |
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| 11 May 1916: | Embarked Gunner, 21221, 9th Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Argyllshire, Sydney | |
| 16 Apr 1918: | Involvement Gunner, 21221, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 21221 awm_unit: 8th Australian Field Artillery Brigade awm_rank: Gunner awm_died_date: 1918-04-16 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was 25 and the son of John and Helen Glass, of Albert St., Osborne Park, Western Australia. His father also lived at Vulture Street, West End, South Brisbane, Queensland.
Scone (Scottish Gaelic: Sgàin; Scots: Scuin) is a town in Perth and Kinross, Scotland. The medieval town of Scone, which grew up around the monastery and royal residence, was abandoned in the early 19th century when the residents were removed and a new palace was built on the site by the Earl of Mansfield. Hence the modern village of Scone, and the medieval village of Old Scone, can often be distinguished. Scone once played a crucial role in the formation and governance of the ancient Kingdom of Scotland. In the 9th century Kenneth MacAlpin came east to Scone, bringing with him a holy relic and coronation stone. As the stone was kept at Scone, it acquired the name, the Stone of Scone. The Stone of Scone (Scottish Gaelic: An Lia Fàil, Scots: Stane o Scuin)—also known as the Stone of Destiny, and often referred to in England as The Coronation Stone—is an oblong block of red sandstone that has been used for centuries in the coronation of the monarchs of Scotland, and later also when the monarchs of Scotland became monarchs of England as well as in the coronations of the monarchs of Great Britain and latterly of the United Kingdom following the acts of union.
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