Hugh Foster SPENCER

SPENCER, Hugh Foster

Service Number: NX35656
Enlisted: 24 June 1940
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 2nd/19th Infantry Battalion
Born: Grong Grong, New South Wales, Australia, 4 February 1911
Home Town: Grong Grong, Narrandera, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Shearer & Woodcutter
Died: Illness, Borneo, 27 March 1945, aged 34 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
LABUAN MEMORIAL Panel 13. Malaysia
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Wagga Wagga Sandakan Prisoner of War Memorial
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Private, NX35656
24 Jun 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX35656, 2nd/19th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Gary Hockley

Son of Thomas and Eliza Sarah Spencer, of Grong Grong, New South Wales.