Max Gordon Glenn
Max Gordon Glenn was born on 26 June 1920 in New South Wales. He 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
National Archives of Australia. 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, https://www.warsailors.com/singleships/tarifa.html
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