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SPENCER, Robert Ernest
Personal Details
Service Number: | 480 |
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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, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, 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 |
Service History
World War 1 Service
26 Nov 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Trooper, 480, 10th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Guildford, WA | |
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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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Add my storyBiography 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