Robert Ernest SPENCER

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SPENCER, Robert Ernest

Service Number:	480
Enlisted:	26 November 1914, Enlisted at Guildford, WA
Last Rank:	Trooper
Last Unit:	10th Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Albany, Western Australia, 1875
Home Town:	Albany, Albany, Western Australia
Schooling:	Guilford School, Western Australia
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Died of wounds - bomb wounds to the hands, thigh and face, Gallipoli, Turkey, 31 August 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave Panel 10, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Albany & Districts Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kings Park 10th Light Horse Regiment Memorial WA, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, Mount Barker (WA) War Memorial

World War 1 Service

26 Nov 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Trooper, 480, 10th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Guildford, WA
17 Feb 1915:	Involvement 480, 10th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Surada embarkation_ship_number: A52 public_note: ''
17 Feb 1915:	Embarked 480, 10th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Surada, Fremantle
31 Aug 1915:	Involvement Trooper, 480, 10th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 480 awm_unit: 10 Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1915-08-31

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Rober Spencer and M.E. (nee Gibbs) Spencer; Husband of Celia Alice Spencer of 142 Summer Street East, Perth, WA formerly of Albany WA

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Biography contributed by Robert Johnson

"Robert was wounded just before dawn on 30 August 1915 while holding the newly captured Turkish trench just below the summit of Hill 60 where Hugo Throssell won his VC. According to his Lieutenant, Tom Kidd, 'He was conscious for more than an hour and calmly gave instructions re personal effects.' "

Source: "Gallipoli, The Western Australian Story" by Wes Olson, 2006, page 276.

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