GLIDDON, Arthur
| Service Number: | 2028 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 2 October 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 12th Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Bowden, South Australia, 18 October 1881 |
| Home Town: | Perth, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Dwellingup, Western Australia, 22 May 1962, aged 80 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 2 Oct 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2028, 10th Light Horse Regiment | |
|---|---|---|
| 16 Feb 1916: | Involvement Private, 2028, 10th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: '' | |
| 16 Feb 1916: | Embarked Private, 2028, 10th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Warilda, Fremantle | |
| 6 Sep 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Trooper, 12th Field Artillery Brigade | |
| 25 May 1917: | Embarked AIF WW1, Gunner, 2028, 12th Field Artillery Brigade , per Ayrshire to Fremantle | |
| 2 Aug 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 2028, 12th Field Artillery Brigade |
Help us honour Arthur Gliddon's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.
Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Arthur was the second child of James William Rule Gliddon (b1856 in Cornwall, England) and Charlotte Jane Church (b1860 in Truro, South Australia). James arrived in South Australia in 1875 on board the Lady Jocelyn and he and Charlotte married in Adelaide in 1879. James was a Carrier and Teamster.
Arthur was a Labourer in Perth WA in 1911 when he married Harriet Jane Maddock (nee Smith; b1873 in Perth, WA). Harriet was a Divorcee, and Arthur raised her son Herbert with his own seven children.
In October 1915 Arthur enlisted in the AIF (Private; Service No:2028) with 14/10 Light Horse Regiment - he stated he had previously spent two years with the Blackwood Mounted Rifles in South Australia. Stepson Herbert (Herbie) also served in the AIF (Private; Service No:2097) and son Donald Walter (Sergeant; Service Nos:5131/WX30789) served in WWII.
Arthur returned to WA urgently in 1917 when Hannah drowned whilst swimming in the Swan River. He was Discharged in August 1917 and worked as a Labourer, Gardener and Plasterer in Perth and Dwellingup. Arthur remarried twice, and died in Dwellingup WA in 1962.