William Joseph SPENCE

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Service Number:	5623
Last Rank:	Sapper
Last Unit:	Tunnelling Companies
Home Town:	Perth, Western Australia
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 1 October 1917, age not yet discovered
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Trayning War Memorial

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25 Oct 1916:	Involvement Sapper, 5623, Tunnelling Companies, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
25 Oct 1916:	Embarked Sapper, 5623, Tunnelling Companies, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
1 Oct 1917:	Involvement Sapper, 5623, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 5623 awm_unit: 1st Australian Tunnelling Company awm_rank: Sapper awm_died_date: 1917-10-01
Date unknown:	Involvement Sapper, 5623, Tunnelling Companies, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: '' embarkation_ship: '' embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
Date unknown:	Embarked Sapper, 5623, Tunnelling Companies

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