Christopher James MCGLINN

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Name Christopher James MCGLINN Relationship with Rodney VOJVODICH Birth Abt 1893 York, Western Australia, Australia Gender Male Military Service Between 25 Mar 1916 and 13 Oct 1917 [1, 2, 3] World War 1 - #2208A - 4/51st Battalion Death 13 Oct 1917 Ypres, Belguim - Broodseinde Ridge
Siblings 1. Gordon Stanley BULL, b. 8 Apr 1904 d. 14 Aug 1963, Gidgegannup, Western Australia, Australia Patriarch & Matriarch Stanley Harry BULL, b. Abt 1861 d. 15 Feb 1941, Gosnells, Western Australia, Australia(Age ~ 80 years) (Father)
Sarah MAYBERRY, b. 1805, Irelandd. Sep 1880, Ireland
(Age 75 years) (Great Grandmother)
Siblings
1 brother Person ID I4653 MyBradyTree | TP, Descendant of Convict Thomas MCGLINN
Father Stanley Harry BULL, b. Abt 1861 d. 15 Feb 1941, Gosnells, Western Australia, Australia (Age ~ 80 years)
Mother Elizabeth Flora MCGLINN, b. 26 Feb 1873, York, Western Australia, Australia
d. 4 Mar 1933, Mount Helena, Western Australia, Australia
(Age 60 years)
Marriage 1901 York, Western Australia, Australia Reference Number #1813 Family ID F2232 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - McGlinn, Christopher James
Number: 2208A
Rank: Private [Pte]
Unit: 51st Bn
Service: Army
Conflict: 1914-1918
Date of Death: 13/10/1917
Memorial Panel: 153
Cemetery or Memorial Details: 29 The Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial Belgium
Place Of Enlistment: York, WA
Native Place: York WA
Notes: McGLINN, Pte. Christopher James, 2208A. 51st Bn. 13th Oct., 1917. Age 24. Son of the late Thomas Michael McGlinn and of Mrs. Elizabeth Flora Bull, of Forrestdale, Western Australia. Native of York, Western Australia.
http://www.awm.gov.au/database/roh.asp
Source: AWM145 Roll of Honour cards, 1914-1918 War, Army
Killed at Broodseinde Ridge Ypres Belguim around Dairy and Busy woods
13/10/1917 10 PM by bomb blast after becoming lost and sheltering in a shell hole with 3 other signallers As mentioned on pge 180 of Kings & Cobbers the book on the 51st Battalion by Neville Browning.
Reference #BFTWA. "Christopher James MCGLINN". Brady Family Tree in Western Australia. https://www.bradyfamilytree.org/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I4653&tree=BRADY2008 (accessed July 10, 2025).
Sources - [S613] National Archives of Australia, http://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/DetailsReports/ItemDetail.aspx?Barcode=1944470.
- [S613] National Archives of Australia, http://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/DetailsReports/ItemDetail.aspx?Barcode=10129184.
- [S919] Commonwealth War Graves Commission, McGLINN, CHRISTOPHER JAMES http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1599366/McGLINN,%20CHRISTOPHER%20JAMES.