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Roy Cecil GLOVER

Regimental number3142
Place of birthOatlands, Tasmania
SchoolState School, Tasmania
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressSt Elmo, 9 Yardley Street, North Hobart, Tasmania
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Next of kinMother, Mrs E Glover, St Elmo 9 Yardley Street, North Hobart, Tasmania
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date28 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name12th Battalion, 10th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/29/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A17 Port Lincoln on 16 October 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll52nd Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularWounded in France, died in England.
FateDied of wounds 8 December 1916
Date of death8 December 1916
Age at death23.7
Place of burialLeicester (Welford Road) Cemetery (Row OI, Grave No. 205), Leicestershire
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
155
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Emma GLOVER, 268 Argyle Street, Hobart, Tasmania
Family/military connectionsCousin: Signr Claude A. Leeson no. 3103, 60th Bn, died of wounds, France 17 October 1917.

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