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Eric Gordon GLASSFORD

ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationMedical practitioner
AddressKew, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation25
Next of kinMother, Mrs M Alsop, 40 Wellington Street, Kew, Victoria
Enlistment date12 June 1916
Rank on enlistmentCaptain
Unit nameMedical Officers
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A18 Wiltshire on 22 August 1916
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll)Name does not appear on Nominal Roll
Medals

Military Cross

'For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty in attending to wounded under intense shell fire. Finding a squad of bearers exhausted owing to the mud, he and his orderly relieved them and helped to carry a wounded man for 3 miles under shell fire. Finding that a dug out had been hit and three men buried, he went with a couple of bearers, and, in spite of heavy shell fire, succeeded in extricating the men and getting them away.'
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 150
Date: 24 September 1918

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