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SPAULDING, Douglas Edgar
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2391 |
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| Enlisted: | 21 September 1916, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 40th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Nubeena, Tasmania, Australia, 1895 |
| Home Town: | Glenorchy, Glenorchy, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Mariner |
| Died: | 13 January 1973, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 21 Sep 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2391, 40th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania | |
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| 21 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 2391, 40th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Melbourne embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: '' | |
| 21 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 2391, 40th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Melbourne, Melbourne | |
| 28 Jun 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 40th Infantry Battalion, Previously held the ranks of Temporary Lance Corporal and Temporary Corporal for many months with either being confirmed | |
| 29 Sep 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Sergeant, 2391, 40th Infantry Battalion, Wound to the thigh | |
| 9 May 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 2391, 40th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 6th Military District |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of George Spaulding of Elwick Junction, Tasmania
Commenced return to Australia on 9 Febraury 1919 aboard HMT Ascanius disembarking on the 25 March 1919
During September 1919 Douglas applied for free travel to Hobart for his fiancee Jess Kynock of 160 Crown Street, Aberdeen,
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal