Thomas William Glasgow Military person

Major General Sir Thomas William Glasgow KCB, CMG, DSO, VD (6 June 1876 – 4 July 1955) was a senior Australian Army officer and politician. Glasgow rose to prominence during the First World War as a brigade and later divisional commander on the Western Front. Post-war, he was elected to the Australian Senate, representing Queensland as a Nationalist Party member from 1919 to 1931, before appointment as Australian High Commissioner to Canada.

Personal facts

Thomas William Glasgow
Birth dateJune 06, 1876
Birth place
Tiaro Queensland
Date of deathJuly 04, 1955
Place of death
Queensland , Brisbane

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allegianceAustralian Army
award
Order of the Bath
Mentioned in dispatches
Legion of Honour
Croix de guerre (Belgium)
Distinguished Service Order
Order of St Michael and St George
Croix de guerre 1914–1918 (France)
military operations
Second Battle of the Somme (1918)
Second Boer War
Western Front (World War I)
Battle of St. Quentin Canal
World War I
Gallipoli Campaign
Battle of Amiens (1918)
service start1897
service end1919

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