GLASSBOROW, Charles Sidney
| Service Number: | 309 |
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| Enlisted: | 24 March 1916, Perth, WA |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 11th Light Trench Mortar Battery |
| Born: | Leyton, London, England, 13 August 1893 |
| Home Town: | Shackleton, Bruce Rock, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Dulwich College, England |
| Occupation: | Farmhand |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Armentieres, France, 14 March 1917, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: |
Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery, Armentieres Plot V, Row A, Grave 38 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Shackleton Kwolyin Agricultural Area Roll of Honour WW1 |
World War 1 Service
| 24 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 309, 44th Infantry Battalion, Perth, WA | |
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| 6 Jun 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 309, 44th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: '' | |
| 6 Jun 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 309, 44th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suevic, Fremantle | |
| 25 Aug 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 11th Light Trench Mortar Battery | |
| 20 Feb 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal | |
| 14 Mar 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 309, 11th Light Trench Mortar Battery, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 309 awm_unit: 11th Australian Light Trench Mortar Battery awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-03-14 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Charles Sidney GLASBOROW was born on 13th August, 1893
His parents were Charles Arthur GLASSBOROW & Florence Jane ALDERTON who married in England in 1887 (registered in Hackney) His Mother Florence died in England in 1899 and his Father Charles remarried to a Clara WILKINSON in 1900
He came to Australia aged 19 years & enlisted in Perth, Western Australia on 24th March, 1916 & embarked from Fremantle WA with the 44th Infantry Battalion, B Company on the HMAT Suevic on 6th June, 1916
He was transferred to the 11th Light Trench Mortar Battery on 25th August, 1916 and promoted to Corporal on 20th February, 1917
Charles was Killed in Action at Armentieres in France on 14th March, 1917 and is buried in the Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery
Inscription reads:
"IN MEMORY OF THE LOVED SON OF MR. & MRS GLASSBOROW OF BRIGHTON'
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