SPRUZEN  A.

Given Names:  Arthur

               

Service Number:  3238

Unit:  57th Battalion, 8th reinforcements                                                                           

Rank:  Private  

Paybook Number: 

 

Age:  22 Yrs  5 Mths

Occupation:  Carpenter                                                                                                  

Marital Status:  Married

Religion:  Presbyterian

 

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  9½ In                  

Weight:  142 Lbs

Chest:  32½-35 In

Hair:  Brown

Eyes:  Grey

Complexion:  Dark

 

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  24/10/1916

Place:  Royal Park

Next of Kin:  WIFE  Mrs Stella Spruzen

Willsmere Park, Kew, Victoria                                                                                           

Embarkation Date:  16/12/1916

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Medic A7

 

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Main      

Embarked:  23/7/1919                               

Disembarked:  11/10/1919

Unit:  57th Battalion                                                                                                                      

Rank:  Private

Discharge Date:  18/11/1919                     

Place: 

 

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  Not earned

British War Medal:  61673

Victory Medal:  59834

Other:   

 

BIRTH

Date or Year:  31/5/1894

Place:  Kew, Victoria                               

Father:  Arthur SPRUZEN                        

Mother:  Annie Maria JELLIS

 

MARRIAGE

Year:   1916           

Place:             

Spouse: Stella ROUT

 

DEATH

Date or Year: 10/8/1965                          

Place: Sale, Victoria                                

Burial:  Springvale, Victoria

 

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

 

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

Kew Independent Church

 

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

Service Number:  V364835                                     

Date Enlisted:  17/3/1942                                        

Date Discharged:  8/1/1945

 

COMMENTS

FURTHER INFORMATION

 

Kew Rotary