Brigadier General Duncan John Glasfurd (23 November 1873 – 12 November 1916) was a British Army and later Australian Army colonel and temporary brigadier general in the First World War. He was mentioned in despatches for his role in evacuating Anzac Cove. He was mortally wounded by a German shell at Flers. Early life and career Duncan John Glasfurd was born in Matheran, India on 23 November 1873, the second son of Major General Charles Lamont Glasfurd (d.1887) of the Bombay Staff Corps. He was educated in Edinburgh, Scotland and at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, England. Glasfurd was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the 2nd Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders on 21 October 1893, and was promoted to lieutenant on 23 February 1896. He served as adjutant of the 1st Battalion from 4 May 1898, including during their stay in South Africa during the Second Boer War. Promoted to captain on 11 January 1900, he saw action in the Orange Free State; the battle of Paardeberg (February 1900), where he was wounded; the Transvaal and the Orange River Colony where he was seriously wounded near Rustenburg in October 1900. From April to November 1901, Glasfurd participated in operations against the Diiriye Guure in Somalia. He returned to India, but was again redeployed to participate in further operations against the Mad Mullah in 1903–04, in which he commanded the 4th Somali Camel Corps. For his services in Somalia, Glasfurd was mentioned in despatches. After another tour in India, Glasfurd returned to Scotland in June 1908, where he became staff captain for coast defences, Scottish Command. Later that year he was selected to attend the staff college at Camberley, England. Graduating in 1909, he rejoined his regiment in Malta in May 1910. In November, he was appointed brigade major of the Lothian Infantry Brigade. On 24 June 1912, Glasfurd was seconded to the Australian Army as Director of Military Training, with the rank of captain. He was responsible for the program of compulsory training of cadets. Glasfurd was enthusiastic about the task, but dissatisfied with the quality of training being carried out by some of the area officers, whom he regarded as unsuitable for this particular task. He was also concerned about the volume of clerical work that the area officers were burdened with. On 20 September 1913, Glasfurd was promoted to major in the British and Australian armies. First