Parents:--- Son of Charles Michael Robert and Helen Louise Briggs married 6th March 1916, QLD.
~Lieutenant Robert Charles Spencer GLOVER, Royal Australian Naval Reserve, RANR, World War Two.~
RANR Service Number:--- B/V19
Religion:--- Church of England
Home Town:--- Clifton, Toowoomba, Queensland
Next of kin:---Father, Mr Charles Michael Robert Glover, Blackall Terrace, Nambour, Queensland.
Enlisted in RAN:--- 7th January 1941 in Brisbane, Queensland.
Final Rank:--- Lieutenant
Final Unit / Posting:--- HMS Janus. Royal Navy
Fate:--- Killed in action, Tyrrhenian Sea, Mediterranean Sea, 23 January 1944, aged 24 years
Burial:--- No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Commemorated:--- Panel 93 Column 1, Plymouth Naval Memorial,Plymouth, Devon, England.
Memorials:-- Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Gayndah District Honour Roll, Kangaroo Point H.M.A.S. Moreton Honour Roll
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Sinking of HMS Janus~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
On 20 January 1944 Janus was involved in the landings of Anzio. On the 23rd Janus (Lt.Cdr. William Brabazon Robert Morrison, RN) was hit by a Henschel Hs 293 ( a World War II German radio-guided glide bomb) flying bomb from a German twin-engine fighter, Do217 (5.Wing KG100) and sunk in about twenty minutes with heavy loss of life in position 41º26'N, 12º38'E, though more than 80 survivors were rescued by HMS Laforey, HMS Jervis and some smaller craft. The loss of this destroyer was a sad blow. She and Jervis had fired over 500 rounds of 4.7", of the first two days of Anzio, a figure typical of many destroyers which indicated the enormous amount of help given by these ships during those critical days in Italy.
~Lieutenant Robert Charles Spencer GLOVER, Royal Australian Naval Reserve, RANR, World War Two.~
RANR Service Number:--- B/V19
Religion:--- Church of England
Home Town:--- Clifton, Toowoomba, Queensland
Next of kin:---Father, Mr Charles Michael Robert Glover, Blackall Terrace, Nambour, Queensland.
Enlisted in RAN:--- 7th January 1941 in Brisbane, Queensland.
Final Rank:--- Lieutenant
Final Unit / Posting:--- HMS Janus. Royal Navy
Fate:--- Killed in action, Tyrrhenian Sea, Mediterranean Sea, 23 January 1944, aged 24 years
Burial:--- No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Commemorated:--- Panel 93 Column 1, Plymouth Naval Memorial,Plymouth, Devon, England.
Memorials:-- Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Gayndah District Honour Roll, Kangaroo Point H.M.A.S. Moreton Honour Roll
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Sinking of HMS Janus~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
On 20 January 1944 Janus was involved in the landings of Anzio. On the 23rd Janus (Lt.Cdr. William Brabazon Robert Morrison, RN) was hit by a Henschel Hs 293 ( a World War II German radio-guided glide bomb) flying bomb from a German twin-engine fighter, Do217 (5.Wing KG100) and sunk in about twenty minutes with heavy loss of life in position 41º26'N, 12º38'E, though more than 80 survivors were rescued by HMS Laforey, HMS Jervis and some smaller craft. The loss of this destroyer was a sad blow. She and Jervis had fired over 500 rounds of 4.7", of the first two days of Anzio, a figure typical of many destroyers which indicated the enormous amount of help given by these ships during those critical days in Italy.
Parents:--- Son of Charles Michael Robert and Helen Louise Briggs married 6th March 1916, QLD.
~Lieutenant Robert Charles Spencer GLOVER, Royal Australian Naval Reserve, RANR, World War Two.~
RANR Service Number:--- B/V19
Religion:--- Church of England
Home Town:--- Clifton, Toowoomba, Queensland
Next of kin:---Father, Mr Charles Michael Robert Glover, Blackall Terrace, Nambour, Queensland.
Enlisted in RAN:--- 7th January 1941 in Brisbane, Queensland.
Final Rank:--- Lieutenant
Final Unit / Posting:--- HMS Janus. Royal Navy
Fate:--- Killed in action, Tyrrhenian Sea, Mediterranean Sea, 23 January 1944, aged 24 years
Burial:--- No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Commemorated:--- Panel 93 Column 1, Plymouth Naval Memorial,Plymouth, Devon, England.
Memorials:-- Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Gayndah District Honour Roll, Kangaroo Point H.M.A.S. Moreton Honour Roll
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Sinking of HMS Janus~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
On 20 January 1944 Janus was involved in the landings of Anzio. On the 23rd Janus (Lt.Cdr. William Brabazon Robert Morrison, RN) was hit by a Henschel Hs 293 ( a World War II German radio-guided glide bomb) flying bomb from a German twin-engine fighter, Do217 (5.Wing KG100) and sunk in about twenty minutes with heavy loss of life in position 41º26'N, 12º38'E, though more than 80 survivors were rescued by HMS Laforey, HMS Jervis and some smaller craft. The loss of this destroyer was a sad blow. She and Jervis had fired over 500 rounds of 4.7", of the first two days of Anzio, a figure typical of many destroyers which indicated the enormous amount of help given by these ships during those critical days in Italy.
~Lieutenant Robert Charles Spencer GLOVER, Royal Australian Naval Reserve, RANR, World War Two.~
RANR Service Number:--- B/V19
Religion:--- Church of England
Home Town:--- Clifton, Toowoomba, Queensland
Next of kin:---Father, Mr Charles Michael Robert Glover, Blackall Terrace, Nambour, Queensland.
Enlisted in RAN:--- 7th January 1941 in Brisbane, Queensland.
Final Rank:--- Lieutenant
Final Unit / Posting:--- HMS Janus. Royal Navy
Fate:--- Killed in action, Tyrrhenian Sea, Mediterranean Sea, 23 January 1944, aged 24 years
Burial:--- No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Commemorated:--- Panel 93 Column 1, Plymouth Naval Memorial,Plymouth, Devon, England.
Memorials:-- Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Gayndah District Honour Roll, Kangaroo Point H.M.A.S. Moreton Honour Roll
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Sinking of HMS Janus~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
On 20 January 1944 Janus was involved in the landings of Anzio. On the 23rd Janus (Lt.Cdr. William Brabazon Robert Morrison, RN) was hit by a Henschel Hs 293 ( a World War II German radio-guided glide bomb) flying bomb from a German twin-engine fighter, Do217 (5.Wing KG100) and sunk in about twenty minutes with heavy loss of life in position 41º26'N, 12º38'E, though more than 80 survivors were rescued by HMS Laforey, HMS Jervis and some smaller craft. The loss of this destroyer was a sad blow. She and Jervis had fired over 500 rounds of 4.7", of the first two days of Anzio, a figure typical of many destroyers which indicated the enormous amount of help given by these ships during those critical days in Italy.
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