John Herbert SPOONER

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Service Numbers:	5449, 5449A
Enlisted:	13 March 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	14th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Kyneton, Victoria, Australia, date not yet discovered
Home Town:	Kyneton, Macedon Ranges, Victoria
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 16 October 1917, age not yet discovered
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium, Nine Elms British Cemetery, Poperinghe, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kyneton Honour Roll, Kyneton War Memorial, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient)

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13 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5449, 5th Infantry Battalion
3 Jul 1916:	Involvement Private, 5449, 5th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ayrshire embarkation_ship_number: A33 public_note: ''
3 Jul 1916:	Embarked Private, 5449, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ayrshire, Melbourne
16 Oct 1917:	Involvement Private, 5449A, 14th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 5449A awm_unit: 14 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-10-16

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