James Charles SPALDING MID

SPALDING, James Charles

    Service Number: 5772
    Enlisted: 21 February 1916, Enlisted at Bendigo, Victoria
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 59th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Deniliquin, New South Wales, Australia, 1889
    Home Town: Wanganella, Conargo, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Labourer
    Died: Deniliquin, New South Wales, Australia, 14 March 1961, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Deniliquin General Cemetery
    Memorials: Deniliquin War Memorial
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    World War 1 Service

    21 Feb 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5772, 6th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Bendigo, Victoria
    3 Jul 1916: Involvement Private, 5772, 6th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ayrshire embarkation_ship_number: A33 public_note: ''
    3 Jul 1916: Embarked Private, 5772, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ayrshire, Melbourne
    12 Nov 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 59th Infantry Battalion, From 6th Battalion
    26 Sep 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5772, 59th Infantry Battalion, Gunshot wound to the scalp
    11 Jul 1919: Honoured Mention in Dispatches, Recommended in General Haig's List London Gazette on 11 July 1919, page 8833, position 16 Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 30 October 1919, page 1659, position 9
    19 Sep 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 5772, 59th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of James Charles Spalding and Mary Spalding of Deniliquin, NSW

    Husband of Frances R. Spalding of Wanganella, NSW

    Commenced return to Australia on 10 June 1919 aboard HT Lyttleton disembarking on the 5 August 1919

    Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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