Tom Desire SPENCE

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Service Number:	2782
Enlisted:	10 February 1916
Last Rank:	Trooper
Last Unit:	8th Light Horse Regiment
Born:	South Gosforth, Northumberland, England, 21 July 1881
Home Town:	Leongatha, South Gippsland, Victoria
Occupation:	Farm Labourer
Died:	Colac, Victoria, Australia, 13 June 1952, aged 70 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Colac Cemetery, Victoria PLOT CLC-GEN-22-807-40

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10 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2782, 8th Light Horse Regiment
11 Jul 1916:	Involvement Private, 2782, 8th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Mongolia embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
11 Jul 1916:	Embarked Private, 2782, 8th Light Horse Regiment, RMS Mongolia, Melbourne
15 Feb 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Trooper, 2782, 8th Light Horse Regiment, Egypt and Palestine - Light Horse and AFC Operations, Belar, Trooper Tom and several others were leading some sick horses to water, when one lashed out and kicked him. The party halted, and Tom was assisted off his horse and onto a stretcher. Taken to 8th Light Horse Medical Tent and then to 3rd Field Ambulance - 20 February, transferred to 14th Australian General Hospital, fractured right tibia
5 Mar 1919:	Embarked AIF WW1, Trooper, 2782, 8th Light Horse Regiment, Embarked per HT Port Sydney for return to Australia, debility/invalid, List 227. Disembarked Melbourne, 17 April, 1919.
25 May 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Trooper, 2782, 8th Light Horse Regiment, militarily unfit for further service

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