SPENCER T.

Given Names:  Thomas

Service Number:  1075

Unit:  5th Battalion, A Company                                                                                       

Rank:  Private  

Paybook Number:  199731

Age:  21 Yrs  4 Mths

Occupation:  Ledger Keeper                                                                                           

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Presbyterian

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  8½ In                  

Weight:  147 Lbs

Chest:  34¼-36¼ In

Hair:  Brown

Eyes:  Hazel

Complexion:  Brown

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  15/9/1914

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  FATHER  Thomas Spencer (Senior)

Glendonald', Cotham Road, Kew, Victoria                                                                         

Embarkation Date:  21/10/1914

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Orvieto A3

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Osterley

Embarked:  28/9/1919                               

Disembarked: 

Unit:  5th Battalion                                                                                                                        

Rank:  Corporal

Discharge Date:  27/1/1920                       

Place:  Melbourne

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  1690

British War Medal:  5007

Victory Medal:  5013

Other:   

BIRTH

Date or Year:  1893

Place:  Irvine, Scotland                            

Father:  Thomas SPENCER                     

Mother:  Sarah RODGER

MARRIAGE

Year:  1919     

Place:  Honour Square, England               

Spouse: Winifred WARDALE

DEATH

Date or Year: 30/7/1954                          

Place: Parkville, Victoria                          

Burial:  Springvale, Victoria

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Wounded in action 25/4/1915; bayonet wound, groin (Gallipoli)

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

Springvale Walls of Remembrance

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

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