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SPENCE, George
Personal Details
Service Number: | 184 |
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Enlisted: | 28 August 1914, Enlisted at Brisbane |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 9th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Cockermouth, Cumberland, Scotland, 1882 |
Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
Schooling: | Lanark Grammar School, Scotland |
Occupation: | Carpenter |
Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 25 April 1915 |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave Panel 31, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
Service History
World War 1 Service
28 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 184, Enlisted at Brisbane | |
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24 Sep 1914: | Involvement Private, 184, 9th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Omrah embarkation_ship_number: A5 public_note: '' | |
24 Sep 1914: | Embarked Private, 184, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Omrah, Brisbane |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Arrived in Australia aged 30 years
Address at the time of enlistment was C/- E.E. Quinlan of Queens Chambers, Queen Street, Brisbane, QLD
Son of James and Annie Watson Spence of Scotland, Next of kin given as his sister Nellie Spence of Moat View Cottage, Caarwalter, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal