Charles Henry Glover was the son of Charles and Janet Glover of Warren and was born at Warren on March 15 1887. His parents had previously been in Dubbo before going to Warren where Charles became a general labourer and it is believed he mainly worked in rural positions around Warren and Trangie.

He enlisted at Dubbo on November  8 1915 at the age of 33 years. His service number was 5196. He embarked from Melbourne on board HMAT Armadale on July 19, 1916. He was a member of 1st Australian Tunnelling Company which was a new unit. He was listed as a Sapper. Other Trangie enlistments in this unit were Arthur and James Renshall from Cobar and Richard Slingsby from Dubbo. The unit arrived in England on September 21 1916.

Charles arrived in France on November 15, 1916, and went to an area near Leper also known as Ypres in Belgium. They then moved into France and were tunnelling at what became the famous Hill 60. This site became well known recently with the release of the book and film called Hill 60. I have recently visited the area which included Hill 63 and 66. Nearby is the large crater in the ground being the result of the largest tunnel blast that was made. The crater is still 100 metres wide and 40 metres deep.

9/4/17 - Charles, the two Renshall brothers and J McKay were over-run by a German charge and their bunker, which was 50 metres ahead of the main battle line, was blown up. All men were listed as missing.

11/5/17 - Charles and McKay had survived and were imprisoned at Dulmen, Germany, and then at Limburg which was a farm prison.

25/6/17 - They were officially listed as Prisoners of War by the German Forces. The Renshall brothers were later accounted for following the blast, but Arthur died in later action.

16/12/17 - Letter from Charles and McKay in prison was received by the Red Cross, thanking them for the delivery of Christmas parcels.

12/12/18 - Charles returned to England via Calais, France, from the Limburg prison farm.

18/1/19 - He left England on the troopship ‘Ulysses’ for return home and arrived in Australia on 4/3/19 and was discharged from the Army on May 10 that year.

While the men were missing in action, there are records of the Red Cross trying to trace them and then reports to the Army once they were found, and then details of their prison contact.

After returning from the war, Charles lived for a time with his brother in Sydney. It is believed he was in Dubbo before he came to Trangie in the mid 1920s where other Glover family members were already living. His working life was varied and at one stage he had a wood yard. During the 1930 era he became what was then known as a train drover, that is looking after sheep on stock trains that took stock to the Homebush Markets. 

In late 1930 or early 1940 he moved to Dubbo to live. At about this time, another man named Cyril Flood from this area, who was a handicapped person, moved to Dubbo. Trangie people may recall Cyril who used to sell tickets for local charities, and who was usually in front of what is now Myer. Charles took on caring for Cyril which enabled Cyril to have a lifestyle that he could participate in. Charles passed away in 1953 aged 66 years and is buried in the Trangie Cemetery.