Walter Kennedy SPENCE

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Service Numbers:	Not yet discovered
Enlisted:	3 May 1916, Enlisted at Brisbane
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	52nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1896
Home Town:	Taringa, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Taringa State School, Brisbane Boys College, Queensland University
Occupation:	Draughtsman
Died:	Died of wounds, Passchendaele, Ypres, Belgium, 2 October 1917
Cemetery:	Etaples Military Cemetery Plot XXV111, Row A, Grave 6
Memorials:

3 May 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 52nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Brisbane
24 Jan 1917:	Involvement 52nd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ayrshire embarkation_ship_number: A33 public_note: ''
24 Jan 1917:	Embarked 52nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ayrshire, Sydney
26 Sep 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 52nd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, Gunshot wound to the head
2 Oct 1917:	Involvement Lieutenant, 52nd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 52nd Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1917-10-02

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Son of W.K. and Jane Spence of Beatrice Street, Taringa, QLD

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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