Alexander John SPINKS

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Service Number:	6359
Enlisted:	16 January 1916, Enlisted Broadmeadows Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	5th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Stanley, Tasmania, Australia, 1896
Home Town:	Hobart, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Died of wounds, 15th CCS, Ebblinghem, France, 27 April 1918
Cemetery:	Ebblinghem Military Cemetery Plot I, Row D, Grave No. 9,
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hobart Roll of Honour

16 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6359, 5th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted Broadmeadows Victoria
11 Sep 1916:	Involvement Private, 6359, 5th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
11 Sep 1916:	Embarked Private, 6359, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne
26 Apr 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 6359, 5th Infantry Battalion, Gunshot wounds to head and legs.
27 Apr 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6359, 5th Infantry Battalion, German Spring Offensive 1918, Died of wounds at 15th CCS, Ebblinghem, having only rejoined the battalion on 23 April 1918 after having served 6 months hard labour following a FGCM on 16 August 1917 (when aged 21).

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