Duncan Glasfurd Military person

Brigadier General Duncan John Glasfurd (23 November 1873 – 12 November 1916) was a British Army and later Australian Army colonel and temporary Brigadier General in the First World War. He was mentioned in dispatches for his role in evacuating Anzac Cove. He was mortally wounded by a German shell at Flers.

Personal facts

Birth dateNovember 23, 1873
Birth place
India , Matheran
Date of deathNovember 12, 1916
Place of death
Flers Somme

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Military person

allegiance
British Army
Australian Army
award
Mentioned in dispatches
military operations
Battle of the Somme
Second Boer War
World War I
Gallipoli Campaign
service start1893
service end1916

Duncan Glasfurd on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.unsw.adfa.edu.au/%7Ermallett/Generals/index.html