Frederick Arthur SPALDING

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SPALDING, Frederick Arthur

Service Numbers:	969, 3468
Enlisted:	10 September 1914, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	11th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Buenos Aires, South America, 1882
Home Town:	Perth, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Railway Porter
Died:	Perth Western Australia, 27 May 1946, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia Anglican Area, Section KA, Grave 0369. Internment number K0041424 Commemorated with at plaque in the Western Australia Garden of Remembrance
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World War 1 Service

10 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 969, 12th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA
2 Nov 1914:	Involvement Private, 969, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: ''
2 Nov 1914:	Embarked Private, 969, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Medic, Fremantle
22 Jul 1915:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 969, 12th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 5th Military District as medically unfit
26 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3468, 11th Infantry Battalion, Re-enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA four days after being discharged as medically unfit
2 Nov 1915:	Involvement Private, 3468, 11th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
2 Nov 1915:	Embarked Private, 3468, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Fremantle
25 Mar 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3468, 11th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 5th Military District as medically unfit due to Tachycardia and Tuberculosis

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Husband of Gertrude Esther Spalding nee Carter of 377 William Street, Perth, WA. Frederick and Gertrude married in Perth, WA during 1899

Commenced return to Australia (first time) on 21 March 1915 aboard HMAT Ulysses

Commenced return to Australia (second time) on 20 December 1917 aboard HT Runic disembarking on 6 February 1918

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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