John Keith SPALDING

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Service Number:	9030
Enlisted:	15 July 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	3rd Australian Auxiliary Hospital
Born:	Ararat, Victoria, Australia, 1895
Home Town:	Ararat, Ararat, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Dental Student
Died:	Mildura, Victoria, Australia, 2 April 1970, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Cremation service held on the 6 April 1970 and his ashes were scattered Commemorated with a plaque in the Victoria Garden of Remembrance
Memorials:	Geelong College WW1 Roll of Honour

15 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 9030, 6th Field Ambulance, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
28 Jan 1916:	Involvement Private, 9030, 6th Field Ambulance, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
28 Jan 1916:	Embarked Private, 9030, 6th Field Ambulance, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne
19 Mar 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 3rd Australian Auxiliary Hospital, From the 6th Field Ambulance
18 Sep 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 9030, 3rd Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to the loss of his right eye caused by an abscess

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Son of Rev. John James Spalding and Agnes Margaret Spalding nee Moore of The Manse, Ararat, Victoria

Commenced return to Australia on 6 June 1918 as nursing staff

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1924 John married Mona McDonald in Victoria