Max Gorden Glenn
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Born on 26 June 1920 in New South Wales. Enlisted in the RAAF (service number 403162). He was admitted to the 8th General Hospital Middle East between 6 March and 17–30 April 1943.[1]
He lodged a claim with the Department of Veterans' Affairs in 1977, relating to four injuries he received during the war:
- When the ship 'Tariffa' was torpedoed in March 1944 he was hit on the back by falling timber.
- Aircraft crash in malta in May 1942 when he crash landed in German bombing raid and hit his head.
- Crash landed on take-off in Cairo (no date).
- Damaged his right leg during bombing raid on ships.
Tarifa was a Norwegian merchant ship of 7,229 tons:[2]
Tarifa was on a voyage from Suez and Aden to Melbourne with a cargo of, among other things, 8240 tons Phosphate, 1290 tons crude oil, and 500 bags of mail, when she was torpedoed and sunk by U-510 (Eick) on March 7-1944, about 250 n. miles east of Socotra, position 12 48N 58 44E. She had a crew of 47 and also had 101 military personnel from Australia and New Zealand and 1 other passenger on board (under Captain A.I.F. S. R. Dawson).
References
- ↑ Title GLENN MAX GORDON : Service Number - 403162 : Date of birth - 26 Jun 1920 : Place of birth - BOWRAL NSW : Place of enlistment - SYDNEY : Next of Kin - GLENN JOHN; Series number A9300; Item ID 5253642
- ↑ M/S Tarifa
