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William Irvine GLASGOW

Regimental number5021
Place of birthCudgee near Warrnambool, Victoria
Place of birthCudgee, Victoria
SchoolState School, Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationFarmer
AddressBena, South Gippsland, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Next of kinFather, William C Glasgow, Bena, Gippsland, Victoria
Enlistment date6 March 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name21st Battalion, 13th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/38/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A33 Ayrshire on 3 July 1916
Rank from Nominal RollCorporal
Unit from Nominal Roll21st Battalion
FateDeceased 10 September 1918
Place of death or woundingMont St Quentin, France
Age at death27
Age at death from cemetery records26
Place of burialHem Farm Military Cemetery (Plot II, Row j, Grave No. 6), Hem-Monacu, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
93
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William and Isabella GLASGOW, Bena, Victoria
Family/military connectionsBrother: John Glasgow, Signaller 8th Bn; cousins: Pte William Irvine Jennings, 29th Bn, missing; Gunner Peter Boyd Irvine, killed in action.

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