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SPRING, Arthur John
Personal Details
Service Number: | WX12612 |
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Enlisted: | 9 May 1941, Claremont, Western Australia |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 2nd/11th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Guilford, Western Australia, 1 June 1916 |
Home Town: | Kalgoorlie, Kalgoorlie/Boulder, Western Australia |
Schooling: | Boyup Brook Public School |
Occupation: | Miner |
Died: | Natural causes (cancer), Devonport, Tasmania, 8 November 1987, aged 71 years |
Cemetery: |
Mersey Vale Memorial Park Cemetery, Tasmania |
Memorials: |
Service History
World War 2 Service
9 May 1941: | Enlisted Private, WX12612, Claremont, Western Australia | |
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9 May 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, WX12612, 2nd/11th Infantry Battalion | |
2 Nov 1945: | Discharged Private, WX12612, 2nd/11th Infantry Battalion | |
2 Nov 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, WX12612, 2nd/11th Infantry Battalion |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Andy Spring
Alf came from a family of 13 children. His father was Henry Spring, who at the time was in the logging industry in Western Australia. Alf and his father, Arthur Senior, both died from simular accidents involving horses and trees.