Eric Copeland SPODE

SPODE, Eric Copeland

Service Number: 2639
Enlisted: 28 May 1915, Brisbane, Qld.
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 15th Infantry Battalion
Born: Brisbane, Qld., 1897
Home Town: South Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Clerk
Died: Brisbane, Qld., 20 July 1952, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland
Columbarium Wall 12, Section 6
Memorials: Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Redcliffe Humpybong Roll of Honor, Woody Point Honour Roll
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World War 1 Service

28 May 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2639, 15th Infantry Battalion, Brisbane, Qld.
16 Aug 1915: Involvement Private, 2639, 15th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: ''
16 Aug 1915: Embarked Private, 2639, 15th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kyarra, Brisbane

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Eric's parents were Copeland Spode and Emily Isabel Andrews. His father was the Redcliffe Shire Clerk 1903- 1908. Eric attended the Humpybong State School and enlisted at age 19. He married Mabel Ellen Atwell in 1921. Younger brother, Thomas Errol [7476] also enlisted.