Leslie George GLEW

GLEW, Leslie George

Service Numbers: 1133, N/A
Enlisted: 6 March 1911
Last Rank: Wireless Operator
Last Unit: Merchant Navy
Born: Maryborough, Victoria, Australia, 5 October 1893
Home Town: Yarraville, Maribyrnong, Victoria
Schooling: Central Footscray State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation: Blacksmith Striker
Died: Heart Failure, Newport, Victoria, Australia, 25 December 1967, aged 74 years
Cemetery: Altona Memorial Park, Victoria
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Non Warlike Service

6 Mar 1911: Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, 1133
1 Jul 1911: Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, 1133, HMAS Parramatta (I)
31 Dec 1911: Discharged Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, 1133

World War 1 Service

25 May 1915: Involvement N/A, Merchant Navy
16 Aug 1918: Involvement British Forces (All Conflicts), Wireless Operator, Merchant Navy , Marconi Operator

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Biography contributed by Robert Kearney

L Glew; rank/rating, Junior Wireless Operator; age, 22; place of birth, Maryborough; previous ship, Hms Rav?. - https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14734169

Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Andrew and Sarah Glew
Resided at 30 Castlemaine Street, Yarraville
Prior to joining the Merchant Navy, Leslie was a Blacksmiths Striker, then studies “Wireless Operations” at Stott’s Correspondence College, Melbourne.
From May 1915 to January 1919 he served on the Troop ships S.S Borda and S.S Port Melbourne as a Wireless Operator.  Theses ships transported Soldiers to England during WW1
He returned home in March 1919
After the War he was on the Lady Loch, a ship that served the Lighthouses around Australia from 1921 to 1924 after which he took up a position at Radio Station 3UZ as chief engineer.
He died 25.12.1967 at Newport Age 74

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