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Sydney SPILLER

Regimental number1055
Place of birthCornwall, England
Age on arrival in Australia20
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationFarm labourer
AddressWagin PO, Wagin, Western Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Next of kinMother, Mrs Sarah Spiller, Pensilva, Cornwall, England
Enlistment date22 June 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll16 June 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name32nd Battalion, C Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/49/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A2 Geelong on 18 November 1915
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT Katuna on 24 November 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll5th Pioneer Battalion
FateDied of wounds 28 April 1918
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death26
Age at death from cemetery records26
Place of burialLongpre-les-Corps Saints British Cemetery (Row D, Grave No. 9), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
1175
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William and Sarah SPILLER, butchers House, Pensilva, Liskeard, Cornwall, Native of St. Ives, Cornwall
Other details

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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