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SPIERS, Arthur Leslie

Service Numbers:	1378, V1747
Enlisted:	8 May 1915
Last Rank:	Warrant Officer Class 2
Last Unit:	Australian Army Pay Corps (AMF)
Born:	Adelaide, South Australia, 14 August 1896
Home Town:	Caulfield, Glen Eira, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Bookseller
Died:	Illness, Victoria, Australia , 29 May 1946, aged 49 years
Cemetery:	St Kilda Cemetery, Victoria C. of E. Mon. Sec. Compt. B. Grave 1358. (GRM/3*) He was accepted, after research, for commemoration as war dead on : 27/09/2011
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Wandong War Memorial

World War 1 Service

8 May 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 1378, 1st Signal Company Engineers
15 Sep 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Sapper, 1378, 1st Signal Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: SS Makarini embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''

World War 2 Service

7 Aug 1940:	Involvement Warrant Officer Class 2, V1747, Australian Army Pay Corps (AMF), Homeland Defence - Militia and non deployed forces, Australian Army Pay Corps-63 A D Cash Office.
7 Aug 1940:	Enlisted Sapper, V1747, Caulfield, VIC
7 Aug 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, V1747
29 May 1946:	Discharged Warrant Officer Class 2, V1747, Australian Army Pay Corps (AMF), Australian Army Pay Corps-63 A D Cash Office.

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Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

He served as a Sapper, SN 1378, with the 1st Signal Company Engineers in WWI.