Victor Martin SPANN

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SPANN, Victor Martin

Service Number:	B/1276
Enlisted:	14 September 1939
Last Rank:	Able Seaman
Last Unit:	Royal Australian Navy
Born:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 5 September 1913
Home Town:	Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Morningside Queensland Australia
Occupation:	Baker
Died:	Cancer, Brisbane Queensland Australia , 8 September 1988, aged 75 years
Cemetery:	Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland Located in the War Memorial Section
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World War 2 Service

14 Sep 1939:	Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, B/1276
1 Jul 1940:	Discharged Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, B/1276, Royal Australian Navy

WW2 Service RAN

Being in the RANR, Victor was immediately called up to serve his country in the Navy at the start of WW2. Victor served on a War Signal Station on the far Northern Coast of Queensland as well at HMAS Penguin and on the HMAS Coolibah (Mine Sweeper). On being demobilised from the Navy (Medically Unfit), Victor returned to the Bakehouse, and from there he began working at the Shipyards at Kangaroo Point as an Ambulance Officer. Victor then joined the QLD Ambulance Brigade, working at Head Quarters in the City, Mount Gravatt Depot then at the Brisbane Abattoirs where he remained until his retirement in 1978, having served 32 years as an Ambulance Officer.

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