Glanville Henry George Rolls papers
Collection
Copied photographs and poem "Australia as a Nation" written by and to Glanville Henry George Rolls. Both poem and photographs are copies of the original items. Original manuscript of poem no longer exists.
Private Glanville Henry George Rolls (1889-1916) was a born at Kingsborough, Queensland. He worked as a miner in the Cairns region before he enlisted as a member of 9th Infantry Battalion, aged 26 years at Rockhampton. He embarked from Brisbane on board HMAT 'Seang Bee' on 21 October 1915 and during the voyage wrote the poem "Australia as a Nation". Rolls was transferred to 49th Infantry Battalion, and died aged 27 on the 5 September 1916, during the Battle of the Somme, having last been seen in No Man's Land before action at Mouquet Farm.
Out of copyright.