SPENCER, Margaret Joan
| Service Number: | TF424 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 March 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant Colonel |
| Last Unit: | Australian Women's Army Service (AWAS) - Unallotted |
| Born: | Hobart, Tasmania, Australia , 25 August 1912 |
| Home Town: | Sandy Bay, Hobart, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Saleswoman |
| Died: | Victoria, Australia, 12 May 1990, aged 77 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne The remains were cremated on 15.5.1990 and collected. |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 26 Mar 1942: | Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2), Captain, TF424, Australian Women's Army Service (AWAS) - Unallotted | |
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| 26 Mar 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant Colonel, TF424 | |
| 16 Oct 1946: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant Colonel | |
| 16 Oct 1946: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant Colonel, TF424 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Sandra Barry
Margaret was the daughter of Percy Rutherford Henry and Corbetta Henry nee Chipman.
On 14.9.1938 Margaret married Lieutenant Alfred Jack Spencer. (Lieutenant Spencer died at Singapore on 16.1.1942.)
Further Information on Margaret's history can be found in -
Australian Dictionary of Biography - Margaret Joan Spencer (1912–1990) This article was published: in the Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 18, 2012 by John Moremon.
Wikipedia - Margaret Joan Spencer.
Australian War Memorial Lieutenant Colonel Margaret Joan Spencer.
National Archives of Australia: Margaret Spencer: The Little Colonel.
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