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Frank SPENCER

Regimental number5785
Place of birthAdelaide, South Australia
SchoolMarriotville School, South Australia
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationMill hand
AddressWellington Mills, Western Australia
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation31
Next of kinWife, Mrs Alice May Spencer, Wellington Mills, via Daranup, Western Australia
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date27 March 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name27th Battalion, 16th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/44/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A16 Port Melbourne on 30 October 1916
Regimental number from Nominal Roll5785A
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll28th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 29 August 1918
Place of death or woundingPeronne, France
Age at death32
Age at death from cemetery records32
Place of burialAssevillers New British Cemetery (Plot V, Row A, Grave No. 8), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
114
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Oliver and Jeraldine SPENCER; husband of Alice SPENCER, 27 Camelia Street, North Perth, Western Australia
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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