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SPALDING, John Keith
Personal Details
Service Number: | 9030 |
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Enlisted: | 15 July 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 3rd Australian Auxiliary Hospital |
Born: | Ararat, Victoria, Australia, 1895 |
Home Town: | Ararat, Ararat, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Dental Student |
Died: | Mildura, Victoria, Australia, 2 April 1970, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Cremation service held on the 6 April 1970 and his ashes were scattered Commemorated with a plaque in the Victoria Garden of Remembrance |
Memorials: | Geelong College WW1 Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
15 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 9030, 6th Field Ambulance, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria | |
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28 Jan 1916: | Involvement Private, 9030, 6th Field Ambulance, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
28 Jan 1916: | Embarked Private, 9030, 6th Field Ambulance, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne | |
19 Mar 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 3rd Australian Auxiliary Hospital, From the 6th Field Ambulance | |
18 Sep 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 9030, 3rd Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to the loss of his right eye caused by an abscess |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Rev. John James Spalding and Agnes Margaret Spalding nee Moore of The Manse, Ararat, Victoria
Commenced return to Australia on 6 June 1918 as nursing staff
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
During 1924 John married Mona McDonald in Victoria