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Joseph SPENCER

Regimental number3239
Place of birthNorth Leeds, Yorkshire, England
SchoolChurch of England
Age on arrival in Australia19
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressBroadwater, North Coast, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Next of kinMother, Mrs E McAdam, Pitt Street, Merrylands, New South Wales
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date9 August 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name19th Battalion, 7th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/36/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A29 Suevic on 20 December 1915
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll)Name does not appear on Nominal Roll
Place of death or woundingPozieres, Somme Sector, France
Age at death23
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialWimereux Communal Cemetery (Plot I, Row P, Grave No. 4A), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
42
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Fred and Mary SPENCER, 6 Cloughton Road, Birkenhead, England. Native of Stanningley, nr. Leeds

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