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Charles SPENCER

Regimental number5218
Place of birthFairfield, Victoria
SchoolFairfield State School, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressWoodlands Avenue, Alphington, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinFather, R Spencer, Woodlands Avenue, Alphington, Victoria
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date2 October 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name14th Battalion, 16th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/31/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A68 Anchises on 14 March 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll14th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 31 January 1918
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death19
Age at death from cemetery records19
Place of burialSpoilbank Cemetery (Plot II, Row C, Grave No. 5), Zillebeke, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
74
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Richard and Mary SPENCER, Second Street, Black Rock, Victoria, Australia. Native of Alphington, Victoria
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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