Arthur Henry SPURGEON OBE

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Service Numbers:	Not yet discovered
Enlisted:	31 December 1913
Last Rank:	Cadet Midshipman
Last Unit:	Not yet discovered
Born:	Gosport , Hampshire, England, 30 May 1900
Home Town:	Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling:	Royal Naval College, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Naval Officer
Died:	Pneumonia following operation for appendicitis, St. Luke’s Private Hospital Sydney Australia, 6 December 1942, aged 42 years
Cemetery:	Rookwood Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales Grave Ref: A C 9
Memorials:

31 Dec 1913:	Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Cadet Midshipman

1 Jan 1942:	Honoured Officer of the Order of the British Empire

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Arthur Henry SPURGEON was born in Gosport, Hampshire on 30th May, 1900

His parents were Charles Herbert SPURGEON & Harriet Rosina KING who married in 1899 (registered in Alverstoke, UK)

He married Ruth Hall OWEN in Hong King in 1938 - 1 child who was an infant when he died

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Arthurs father & brothers also served - see links for newspaper article on their service