SPICER, Walter Francis
| Service Number: | 1517 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 6th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Adamstown, New South Wales, Australia, 1896 |
| Home Town: | Tinonee, Greater Taree, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Police Constable |
| Died: | he was in poor health for some time prior to his death, Canowindra , New South Wales, Australia, June 1945 |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Dudley Public School WW1 Roll of Honor, Dudley War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 2 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 1517, 6th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
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| 2 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 1517, 6th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Euripides, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Jennifer Mills-Young
He was a police man after the war. 15 Aug 1936 - The Manning River Times
Presentation to Constable Spicer.
A very pleasant function took place at the Tinonee police station on Saturday, 8th inst., when the foreman, Mr. H. C. Dennes, on behalf of the Tinonee relief workers, presented to Constable Spicer an initialled cigarette case and a box of cigars prior to his departure for Smithtown.
In presenting these gifts Mr. Dennes remarked that they were given as a token of appreciation and esteem, held by the men for the departing constable, and, on behalf of his fellow workers, wished him. Mrs. Spicer and daughter (Frances) the best of health, happiness and success in their new surroundings.
Mr. Dennes then read the following appropriately worded address signed by the local relief workers: —
'To First-class Constable Spicer Tinonee. - We, the undersigned members of the Tinonee relief workers deeply regret your departure from the district and ask you to accept this small token of appreciation and esteem for the kindness, courtesy and consideration you have always shown us.'
Constable Spicer, in accepting the gift from Mr. Dennes, asked him to convey to his fellow workers his heartfelt thanks for the thought that prompted them to make such a gift.
He said he would treasure this gift as one of his most priceless possessions, and every time he extracted a cigarette from the case it would tend to remind him of the pleasant associations he had with them at Tinonee. He trusted that the time was not far distant when they would be all employed on full-time jobs. Constable Spicer also thanked them for the kind wishes extended to himself, Mrs. Spicer and daughter.
Manning River Observer 11 Jan 1938 - Personal Column
Mrs. A. M. Machin, of Machin Parade, Wingham, has returned home after After having spent an enjoyable holiday at Smithtown with her son-in-law and daughter (First-class Constable Spicer
and Mrs. Spicer).
THE SCONE ADVOCATE June 14 1946
PERSONAL - The death took place, rather suddenly, recently, of Sergeant WalterFrancisSpicer, who had been in charge of Canowindra Police Station for the past four years...
MANNING RIVER TIMES AUG 14, 1946
a motion of sympathy in connection with the death of Sergeant W. F. Spicer, of Canowindra; brother-in-law of Councillor Machin; was carried in the usual manner, at the meeting of the Manning Shire Council.
Occupations
OIC of the local Police
President of the Canowindra Police and Citizens' Boys' Club
Secretary of the local Anti-TB Association
Chamber of Commerce
Returned Soldiers' League
Canowindra football and cricket clubs
Military Service
Served in the Great War of 1914-18
Original Anzac Joined the NSW Police Force after service in the Metropolitan district and mostly served on the North Coast including Wingham and Tinonee until 1942
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