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William Reevell GLOVER

Regimental number766
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationPrinter
Address34 Nowraine Street, Summer Hill, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Next of kinFather, William Glover, 34 Nowraine Street, Summer Hill, New South Wales
Enlistment date16 February 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll16 March 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name17th Battalion, B Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/34/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A32 Themistocles on 12 May 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll2nd Machine Gun Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 16 June 1919
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Plaque in New South Wales Garden of Remembrance
Family/military connectionsBrother: 756 Pte Leonard GLOVER, 5th Machine Gun Company, died of wounds, 5 May 1917.
Other details

War service: enlisted as No. 48, Private, in Naval & Military Expeditionary Force (Tropical Unit), Headquarters; embarked from Sydney, 19 August 1914, on board HMAT A35 'Berrima'.

War service (AIF): Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death21 January 1973

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