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Reginald SPOONER

Regimental number501
Place of birthBendigo, Victoria
SchoolViolet Street State School, Victoria
ReligionMethodist
OccupationMiner
Address24 Wattle Street, Bendigo, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Next of kinFather, Percy Spooner, 24 Wattle Street, Bendigo, Victoria
Previous military serviceCitizen Forces and Cadets
Enlistment date21 January 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name21st Battalion, B Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/38/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on 10 May 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll21st Battalion
FateDied of wounds 14 October 1916
Age at death24
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialVlamertinghe Military Cemetery (Plot IV, Row C, Grave No. 5), Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
95
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Percy and Annie SPOONER, 240 Wattle Street, Bendigo, Victoria
Family/military connectionsCousin: Stanley Lakeman who was killed in France.

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