Spencer Simon SIEMON

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SIEMON, Spencer Simon

Service Number:	2166
Enlisted:	31 January 1916
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	41st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia, 3 August 1894
Home Town:	Charters Towers, Charters Towers, Queensland
Schooling:	State School, Charters Towers & Brisbane Grammar School, Queensland, Australia
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 17 April 1918, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery Plot 1, Row C, Grave 1
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Brisbane 41st Battalion Roll of Honour, Brisbane Grammar School Memorial Library WW1 Honour Board 2

World War 1 Service

31 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2166, 42nd Infantry Battalion
7 Sep 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2166, 42nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Clan McGillivray embarkation_ship_number: A46 public_note: ''
7 Sep 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2166, 42nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Clan McGillivray, Brisbane
17 Apr 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 2166, 41st Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2166 awm_unit: 41st Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1918-04-17

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Spencer Simon SIEMON was born on 3rd August 1894 in Charters Towers, Queensland

His parents were Conrad Henry SIEMON & Catherine Amelia WAGNER

He had 4 years previous service in the CMF & had served 12 months in the Senior Cadets before he enlisted on 31st January, 1916 & embarked with the 42nd Infantry Battalion, 3rd reinforcements from Brisbane on the HMAT Clan Macgillivray on 7th September, 1916

Spencer was Killed in Action in France on 17th April, 1918 and is buried in the Villers Bretonneux Military Cemetery

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