George SPENCE

SPENCE, George

    Service Number: 184
    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
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    World War 1 Service

    28 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 184, Enlisted at Brisbane
    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

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    Biography 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

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