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SPENCE, George Stanley
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 4305 |
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| Enlisted: | 23 July 1915, Melbourne, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Machine Gun Battalion |
| Born: | Clunes, Victoria, Australia, 1893 |
| Home Town: | Talbot, Central Goldfields, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Butcher |
| Died: | 28 July 1933, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 23 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4305, 5th Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Vic. | |
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| 29 Dec 1915: | Involvement Private, 4305, 5th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: '' | |
| 29 Dec 1915: | Embarked Private, 4305, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Melbourne | |
| 18 Jun 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Machine Gun Companies and Battalions, England | |
| 24 May 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 5th Machine Gun Battalion, France | |
| 8 Aug 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4305, 5th Machine Gun Battalion, The Battle of Amiens | |
| 2 Sep 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4305, 5th Machine Gun Battalion, Mont St Quentin / Peronne | |
| 7 Sep 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4305, 5th Machine Gun Battalion, "The Last Hundred Days", SW to right leg sustained near Flamicourt. Evacuated to UK, then Australia. | |
| 1 Feb 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 4305, 5th Machine Gun Battalion, RTA 16 March 1919 and discharged as MU (wounds). |
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