Walter GLYNN

GLYNN, Walter

Service Number: 4537
Enlisted: 22 September 1916, Enlisted at Cloncurry, QLD
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 24th Machine Gun Company
Born: Molong, New South Wales, Australia, 1893
Home Town: Cloncurry, Cloncurry, Queensland
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Labourer
Died: War related causes, Gosford, New South Wales, Australia, 7 July 1973
Cemetery: Point Clare General Cemetery, New South Wales, Australia
Lawn Portion 5, Row 6, Grave 5
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World War 1 Service

22 Sep 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4537, 31st Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Cloncurry, QLD
23 Dec 1916: Involvement Private, 4537, 31st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: ''
23 Dec 1916: Embarked Private, 4537, 31st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Sydney
2 Jan 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 24th Machine Gun Company, From the 31st Battalion at Perham Downs, England
31 Oct 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4537, 24th Machine Gun Company, Multiple shrapnel wounds face (affecting his right eye), shoulder and thigh
14 Aug 1918: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 4537, 24th Machine Gun Company, Discharged at 1st Military District as medically unfit due to wounds to the right eye and left thigh

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Francis and Christina Gkynn of Molong, NSW. Brother of Thomas H. Glynn, Francis Glynn, James Glynn, Mary A. Glynn, John Glynn, William David Glynn, Margery S. Glynn, Christina Glynn and Frederick Glynn

Commenced return to Australia on 5 April 1918 on board HT Borda for discharge disembarking on 1 June 1918 in Sydney for onward travel to Brisbane, QLD

Husband of Molly (Mary). Walter and Molly married in Sydney during 1920c. Father of Pat, Frank and Greta

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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