Raymond SPALDING

SPALDING, Raymond

    Service Numbers: 2717, 2717A
    Enlisted: 4 July 1916, Enlisted at Perth, WA
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1)
    Born: Geraldton, Western Australia, 1889
    Home Town: East Perth, Perth Water, Western Australia
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Labourer
    Died: Perth, Western Australia, 3 July 1954, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia
    Anglican area, Section ZM, Grave 0150 Commemorate with a plaque in the Western Australia Garden of Remembrance
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    World War 1 Service

    4 Jul 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2717, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlisted at Perth, WA
    10 Oct 1916: Involvement Private, 2717, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: ''
    10 Oct 1916: Embarked Private, 2717, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Suffolk, Fremantle
    17 Jul 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2717A, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Letter 'A' added to his service number on 12 July 1917
    9 Jul 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2717A, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Discharged at the 5th Military District

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of Henry Arthur Spalding and Margaret Ellen Spalding nee Honan of 85 Lord Street, East Perth, WA. Brother of Charles Bilges Spalding, Earnest Charles Spalding, Lilian Blanche, Maud Eleanor Spalding

    Commenced return to Australia on 1 May 1919 aboard HMT China disembarking on the 1 June 1919

    At the time of his death he was living in the suburb of Dalwallinu, WA

    Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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