Glover, Violet Bertha (Civilian, b.1912 - d.2003)

Collection relating to the Second World War experience of Mrs Violet Bertha Glover (née Lloyd), Australia, 1941-1945.

Wallet 1 of 1 – Consists of six items relating to Mrs Glover and her husband, VX57043 Gunner Alan William Glover.

This collection contains:
1x Receipt from Manton & Sons Limited for Violet’s wedding dress, Melbourne, Victoria, c June 1941
1x Congratulatory telegram from “Longmire” [identity unknown] to Alan and Violet Glover, Melbourne, Victoria, 7 June 1941
1x Certificate of Marriage of Alan and Violet Glover, Essendon, Victoria, 7 June 1941
1x Australian Red Cross Society leaflet containing directions for sending correspondence to Allied prisoners of war in Japanese hands, c 1942
1x Issue of Ordnance News, Volume 1, Number 4, Melbourne, Victoria, January 1944
1x Certificate of death of Alan Glover, issued 9 April 1945

Violet Bertha Lloyd and Alan William Glover were married on 7 June 1941, five days after Alan enlisted to the Second Australian Imperial Force. After a period of training, Alan served with 2/4 Anti-Tank Regiment in Malaya. He was captured as a prisoner of war of the Japanese in early 1942, and died on 6 June 1942. Violet was unaware of her husband’s death until December 1944. She worked as a foreman in the Shell Shop at Maribyrnong Munitions Factory until the end of the war.