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John Leopold SPRING

Regimental number3261
Place of birthKoroit, Victoria
SchoolState School, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationCarpenter
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Next of kinMother, Mrs F Spring, Station Street, Koroit, Victoria
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date23 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name21st Battalion, 7th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/38/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A18 Wiltshire on 18 November 1915
Rank from Nominal RollCorporal
Unit from Nominal Roll60th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 27 September 1917
Place of death or woundingPolygon Wood, Belgium
Age at death24
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialLijssenthoek Military Cemetery (Plot XXIV, Row G, Grave No. 3A), Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
171
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Frances SPRING, 6 Joyce Street, Elwood, Victoria

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