Regimental number | 56484 |
Occupation | Tally clerk |
Next of kin | Brother, Leonard Grenville Spencer, Takaka, Nelson |
Previous military service | Served in South Africa (Boer War). |
Rank on embarkation | Rifleman |
Unit name | New Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade Reinforcements, G Company |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 92 Ruahine on |
Final rank | Rifleman |
Final unit | 1st Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Age at death from cemetery records | 40 |
Place of burial | Villers Hill British Cemetery (Plot IV, Row E, Grave No 10), Villers-Guislain, nr Cambrai, France |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: the late Leonard and Mary Spencer, Nelson |
Other details |
War service: Western Front Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | Nominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 70, p. 30 |
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