Jack SPEIRS

SPEIRS, Jack

Service Number: 3673
Enlisted: Not yet discovered
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 14th Light Trench Mortar Battery
Born: Glasgow, Scotland., date not yet discovered
Home Town: Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling: Keppoch Hill School, Scotland
Occupation: Cook
Died: Killed in Action, France, 15 May 1917, age not yet discovered
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
commemorated on the VILLERS-BRETONNEUX MEMORIAL , Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)
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World War 1 Service

20 Dec 1915: Involvement Private, 3673, 20th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
20 Dec 1915: Embarked Private, 3673, 20th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Sydney
15 May 1917: Involvement Private, 3673, 14th Light Trench Mortar Battery, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3673 awm_unit: 14th Australian Light Trench Mortar Battery awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-05-15

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Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

He was 34/36 and the son of John and Jane Ann Speirs, of 6, Gladstone St., Blyth, Northumberland, England.

A J.J. Speirs is commemorated on the Blyth War Memorial; it is quite confidently believed to be this relates to Jack Speirs.

Enlistment date-13 October 1915-Private-20th Battalion, 8th Reinforcement-Unit from Nominal Roll-14th Light Trench Mortar Battery
 
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A60 Aeneas on 20 December 1915-he was then aged 33.

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