John (Jack) SPENCE

SPENCE, John

Service Number: VX23625
Enlisted: 7 June 1940, Caulfield, VIC
Last Rank: Lance Corporal
Last Unit: 2nd/22nd Infantry Battalion
Born: Adelaide, South Australia, Australia , 18 March 1913
Died: Killed in Action, Rabaul, New Britain, Bismarck Archipelago, New Guinea, 30 January 1942, aged 28 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Rabaul Memorial, Rabaul, East New Britain, Papua New Guinea Panel 18
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Rabaul Memorial

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World War 2 Service

7 Jun 1940: Involvement Lance Corporal, VX23625, 2nd/22nd Infantry Battalion
7 Jun 1940: Enlisted Caulfield, VIC
7 Jun 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lance Corporal, VX23625, 2nd/22nd Infantry Battalion

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