SPALDING, James Atcheson
| Service Number: | 397 |
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| Enlisted: | 11 January 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 38th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Koroit, Victoria, Australia, 18 March 1884 |
| Home Town: | Epping, Whittlesea, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Monto, Queensland Australia, 25 September 1970, aged 86 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Warrnambool Agricultural High School Honor Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 11 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 397, 37th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 3 Jun 1916: | Embarked Private, 397, 37th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Persic, Melbourne | |
| 3 Jun 1916: | Involvement Private, 397, 37th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: '' | |
| 1 Oct 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 5th Infantry Battalion, In the field from the 37th Battalion | |
| 10 Mar 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 37th Infantry Battalion, From 5th Battalion | |
| 8 Jun 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 37th Infantry Battalion, In France | |
| 6 Aug 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 37th Infantry Battalion, In France | |
| 4 Oct 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 397, 37th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, Wounds to the hand | |
| 1 Nov 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 37th Infantry Battalion, In France | |
| 1 Aug 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 37th Infantry Battalion | |
| 30 Aug 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 37th Infantry Battalion, Seconf occasion. Wounds to the back. Transferred to England on the 1 September 1918 | |
| 12 Oct 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 38th Infantry Battalion, From 37th Battalion | |
| 1 Nov 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 38th Infantry Battalion | |
| 1 Jun 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 38th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of James Thomas Spalding and Martha Jane Spalding nee Atcheson of Epping, Victoria
Commenced return to Australia on 20 February 1919 aboard HT Anchises disembarking on the 13 April 1919
Medals: British War Medal Victory Medal
Previously served in the Cadets
During 1928c James married Dorothy Mary McCreary in Victoria
Post war he was appointed as the Asistant Superintendant of the Melbourne Womens Hospital and later the Melbourne Children's Hospital.
After moving to Queensland he was appointed as a doctor with the Royal Flying Doctor Service during 1929-1930 being only the second ever flying doctor following the retirement of the first doctor.
After leaving the Royal Flying Doctor he was appointed the Superintendent of Monto District Hospital, Queensland