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SPENCER, George Lawrence
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 20005 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 June 1917, Corps Enlisted Melbourne to Engineers reinforcement’s Seymour Camp then Allocated to 2nd Reinforcement’s Engineer Depot 2MD Moore Park Sydney on 8th August 1917 |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 11th Field Company Engineers |
| Born: | West Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1899 |
| Home Town: | Port Melbourne, Port Phillip, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Port Melbourne State School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Fitter and Turner |
| Died: | War related Injuries Gassed, Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital, Victoria, Australia, 21 February 1961 |
| Cemetery: |
Williamstown (General) Cemetery, Victoria, Australia |
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World War 1 Service
| 9 Jun 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 20005, Field Company Engineers, Corps Enlisted Melbourne to Engineers reinforcement’s Seymour Camp then Allocated to 2nd Reinforcement’s Engineer Depot 2MD Moore Park Sydney on 8th August 1917 | |
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| 21 Nov 1917: | Involvement Sapper, 20005, Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: '' | |
| 21 Nov 1917: | Embarked Sapper, 20005, Field Company Engineers, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne | |
| 15 Dec 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, AIF Headquarters (Egypt), Posted to Australian Staging Camp Suez for onward movement to UK | |
| 13 Jun 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 11th Field Company Engineers, Taken on Strength of Unit in the field France | |
| 30 Sep 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Sapper, 20005, 11th Field Company Engineers, Mont St Quentin / Peronne, Gassed evacuated to England for treatment and convalescence Birmingham War Hospital 6 th October 1918 | |
| 1 Mar 1919: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, AIF Depot, Promoted Temporary Corporal AIF Depot UK Tidworth for duty | |
| 1 Jul 1919: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, AIF Depot, Promoted Sergeant AIF Depot UK No2 Group for duty | |
| 8 Jan 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 20005, 11th Field Company Engineers, Discharged 3MD Melbourne medically unfit Gas. |
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