Victor Manson SPENCER

Regimental number8/2733
Place of birthOtautau, Southland
AddressBluff
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinAunt, Mrs Goomes, Henderson Street, Bluff
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 6th Reinforcement, Otago Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Willochra on 14 August 1915
Final rankPrivate
Final unit1st Battalion, Otago Infantry Regiment
FateExecuted for desertion 24 February 1918
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialThe Huts Cemetery (Plot XV, Row B, Grave No 10), nr Ieper, Belgium
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Tried for desertion, and executed.

Forfeited entitlement to war medals.

In 2000 the New Zealand Government announced that the five New Zealand soldiers who had been executed during the First World War would be pardoned; in 2005 their descendants were granted the appropriate medals.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Otago Infantry Batln/Sixth