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UPPILL, Spencer Edwin
| Service Number: | 2486 |
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| Enlisted: | 12 July 1915, Keswick, SA |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 27th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Riverton, South Australia, 29 June 1894 |
| Home Town: | Thebarton (Southwark), City of West Torrens, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Riverton High School, SA |
| Occupation: | Saddler |
| Died: | Illness, Ashford, South Australia, 9 November 1954, aged 60 years |
| Cemetery: |
AIF Cemetery, West Terrace Cemetery, Adelaide, South Australia Section: KO, Road: 23, Site No: 42 |
| Memorials: | Riverton & District High School Roll of Honor WW1, Riverton Methodist Church Honour Roll WW1, Riverton Pictorial Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 12 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, 2486, 27th Infantry Battalion, Keswick, SA | |
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| 13 Oct 1915: | Involvement 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
| 13 Oct 1915: | Embarked 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Adelaide | |
| 27 May 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 2486, 27th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Spencer Edwin UPPILL was born in Riverton, South Australia on 29th June 1894
His parents were Edwin George UPPILL & Mary Ann WAIT
He married Dora JAMES on 9th February, 1929 in the Prospect North Methodist Church in South Australia - one known daughter, Joyce Lorraine b. 1932
He enlisted in Keswick on 12th July, 1915 and embarked from Adelaide on the HMAT Themistocles on 13th October, 1915 with the 27th Infantry Battalion, 5th reinforcements
He returned to Australia on 13th April, 1919 and was discharged on 27th May, 1919
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His brother Robert William George UPPILL (SN 1752) 50th Infantry Battalion, also served during WW1 and returned to Australia on 13th February, 1917
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