John Keith SPALDING

SPALDING, John Keith

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
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World War 1 Service

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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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

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