GLASSFORD E.G.

Given Names:  Eric MacAllan

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Unit:  Medical Officers                                                                                                    

Rank:  Captain 

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Age:  25 Yrs  8 Mths

Occupation:  Medical Practitioner                                                                                   

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Roman Catholic

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  10 In                   

Weight:  158 Lbs

Chest:  38 In

Hair:  Brown

Eyes:  Blue

Complexion:  Fair

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  12/6/1916

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  MOTHER  Mrs M Alsop

40 Wellington Street, Kew, Victoria                                                                                   

Embarkation Date:  22/8/1916

Port:  Sydney  

Ship:  HMAT Orsova A67

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Commonwealth                                

Embarked:  13/4/1919                               

Disembarked:  8/6/1919

Unit:  AMC      

Rank:  Captain

Discharge Date:  11/5/1920                       

Place:  Melbourne

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  Not earned

British War Medal:  Awarded

Victory Medal:  Awarded

Other:    Military Cross

BIRTH

Date or Year:  8/11/1890

Place:  Maffra, Victoria                            

Father:  Harry Glassford GORDON           

Mother:  Lily Maris Frances MacALLAN

MARRIAGE

Year:  1937     

Place:             

Spouse: Enid Stephanie STONHAM

DEATH

Date or Year: 1/8/1963                            

Place: Heidelberg, Victoria                      

Burial:  Box Hill Cemetery, Victoria

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Wounded in action 4/6/1917 (Messines); gun shot wound, arm

Wounded in action 8/5/1918 (Mericourt); gun shot wound, arm & nose

Work in England (medically unfit for further service) August 1918-April 1919

Military Cross recommendation datd 23/10/1917 for his display of conspicuous gallantry, coolness and devotion to the wounded under intense and persistent shell fire during the Battle of Passchendaele

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

University of Melbourne

Xavier College

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

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COMMENTS

Correct surname is GORDON-GLASSFORD