Malcolm SPENCE

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Other Name:	Spence, John Malcolm - Birth Records
Service Number:	4614
Enlisted:	31 August 1915, Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	30th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Footscray, Victoria, Australia, 1893
Home Town:	Bunyip, Cardinia, Victoria
Schooling:	Bunyip State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Postal Empolyee
Died:	Killed in Action, Fromelles, France, 20 July 1916
Cemetery:	Fromelles (Pheasant Wood) Military Cemetery Plot I. Row B.Grave 2. Inscription: BELOVED SON & BROTHER OF JAMES & ZILLAH, ALAN, JIM DOUGLAS, MARION, HARRIET & RUSSELL NEVER FORGOTTEN
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bunyip Methodist Church HR, Bunyip War Memorial, Hawthorn Postmaster General's Department Victoria 1, Postmaster General's Department Victoria 2

31 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4614, Depot Battalion , Melbourne, Victoria
18 Feb 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4614, 14th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: ''
18 Feb 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4614, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ballarat, Melbourne
22 Mar 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4614, 14th Infantry Battalion, Disembarked Suez, Egypt
20 Apr 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 30th Infantry Battalion, T.O.S. from 14th Infantry Battalion
16 Jun 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4614, 30th Infantry Battalion, Embarked Alexandria for B.E.F per H.M.T. "Hororata"
23 Jun 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4614, 30th Infantry Battalion, Disembarked Marseilles, France
19 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4614, 30th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix)
20 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4614, 30th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4614 awm_unit: 30th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-07-20
20 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4614, 30th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), Killed In Action

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He was a great athlete. A good cricketer, a footballer, Champion Heavy Weight Boxer of Warrnambool Camp in December 1915.

From his sister Harriet ROH Circular.