Nathaniel John SPENCER

SPENCER, Nathaniel John

    Service Number: VX22676
    Enlisted: 5 June 1940
    Last Rank: Corporal
    Last Unit: 2nd/8th Field Company / Squadron RAE
    Born: Alphington, Victoria, Australia, 19 April 1912
    Home Town: Caulfield, Glen Eira, Victoria
    Schooling: Fairfield State School, Victoria, Australia
    Occupation: Quarryman- Driller
    Died: Caulfield, Victoria, Australia, 6 June 1981, aged 69 years, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Springvale War Cemetery, Melbourne, Victoria
    Nathaniel was cremated at Springvale Cemetery and his ashes were spread.
    Memorials: Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial
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    World War 2 Service

    5 Jun 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, VX22676
    5 Jun 1940: Enlisted Private
    27 Aug 1940: Promoted Corporal, 2nd/8th Field Company / Squadron RAE, Alpha Company
    15 Sep 1940: Embarked Corporal, VX22676, 2nd/8th Field Company / Squadron RAE, Alpha Company. Embarked H.M.T Melbourne from Melbourne.
    12 Oct 1940: Embarked Corporal, VX22676, 2nd/8th Field Company / Squadron RAE, A Company. Disembarked Palestine.
    14 Nov 1940: Wounded Corporal, VX22676, 2nd/8th Field Company / Squadron RAE, A Company. Evacuated to 1 Australian General Hospital (1 A.G.H.) and transferred to x list Gaza Ridge.
    14 Nov 1940: Transferred Corporal, 1st Australian General Hospital
    1 Dec 1940: Wounded Corporal, VX22676, 2nd/8th Field Company / Squadron RAE, A Company. Discharged 1 A.G.H. transferred to Engineer Regiment.
    7 Dec 1940: Transferred Corporal, 2nd/8th Field Company / Squadron RAE, A Company. Recovered from Illness - Injury taken back on unit strength.
    28 Mar 1941: Involvement Corporal, VX22676, 2nd/8th Field Company / Squadron RAE, OFFENCE: Absenting Himself without clearing leave and he was absent at Tattoo roll call on 27 March 1941. AWARD: Punishment, Severe Reprimand by Officer Commanding.
    10 Apr 1941: Embarked Corporal, VX22676, 2nd/8th Field Company / Squadron RAE, Embarkation for Greece. A Company.
    6 Jun 1941: Imprisoned Reported missing in Crete, believed to be POW.
    6 Jun 1941: Involvement Corporal, VX22676, 2nd/8th Field Company / Squadron RAE, "Operation Lustre" Greece 1941, Reported missing in Crete, transferred to X List. Believed to be POW.
    27 Oct 1941: Imprisoned Officially updated POW. Place of Detention Stalag V11A POW NO. 91932
    21 May 1943: Imprisoned Now interned as POW at Stalag 8B
    15 Jan 1944: Imprisoned Moved to Stalag VIII / 344 at Lamsdorf together with other POW's usually by way of a long foot march.
    13 Mar 1944: Imprisoned Moved yet again to another POW Camp, Stalag 357 at Fallingbostel, Germany.
    21 Apr 1945: Imprisoned Recovered From POW Camp at Fallingbostel, Germany. - Allied Forces Overtake POW Camp and Corporal Nathaniel Spencer is free of his captors for the first time since 1941. He is transferred to Western Europe and then to the U.K.
    16 May 1945: Embarked Corporal, VX22676, 2nd/8th Field Company / Squadron RAE, Embarked Liverpool England.
    17 Jun 1945: Embarked Corporal, VX22676, 2nd/8th Field Company / Squadron RAE, Disembarked in Sydney, Australia on 17 June 1945, marched into General Details Depot (GDD) NSW.
    29 Jun 1945: Transferred Corporal, 2nd/8th Field Company / Squadron RAE, Marched into VIC General Details Depot,(GDD) ex NSW GDD.
    16 Jul 1945: Transferred Corporal, 2nd/8th Field Company / Squadron RAE, Admitted to 107th Convalescent Depot, Ballarat, Victoria.
    25 Sep 1945: Transferred Corporal, 2nd/8th Field Company / Squadron RAE, Marched into General Details Depot (GDD) Heidelberg Victoria.
    3 Oct 1945: Discharged Corporal, VX22676, 2nd/8th Field Company / Squadron RAE
    3 Oct 1945: Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, VX22676

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