| Regimental number | 12/4275 |
| Date of birth | |
| Place of birth | Fiji |
| Occupation | Sugar boiler |
| Next of kin | Father, R Spowart, Lautoka, Fiji |
| Previous military service | Served in the Fijian Defence Force; member, Fiji rifle Club. |
| Rank on embarkation | Private |
| Unit name | New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 11th Reinforcements, Auckland Infantry Battalion, A Company |
| Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Wellington on |
| The Infantry component of the 11th Reinforcements left New Zealand on board two ships (HMNZT 49 'Maunganui' and HMNZT 50 'Tahiti'). It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked. The Nominal Roll gives the date of departure as 1 April 1916; harbour records indicate that the actual date of embarkation was 2 April 1916. | |
| Final rank | Lance Sergeant |
| Final unit | 1st Battalion, Canterbury Infantry Regiment |
| Fate | Commenced return to New Zealand |
| Place of burial | Waikumete Cemetery, Auckland |
| Discharge date | |
| Other details |
War service: Egypt, Western Front Embarked Wellington, 2 april 1916; disembarked Suez, 3 May 1916. Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, France, 20 May 1916. Posted to 1st Company, 1st Bn, Canterbury Infantry Regiment, in the field, 18 July 1916. Appouinted Lance Corporal, 26 December 1916. Admitted to 7th General Hospital, St Omer, 12 March 1917 (mumps); transferred to Base Depot, Etaples, 21 March 1917. Admitted to 77th Field Ambulance, 7 June 1917, and transferred same day to Casualty Clearing Station; to Canadian General Hospital, Boulogne, 8 June 1917; to England, 9 June 1917, and admitted to No 1 NZ General Hospital, Brockenhurst; attached on strength, NZ Command Depot, Codford, 4 July 1917; admitted to Military Hospital, Endell Street, London, 16 July 1917 (pleurisy); transferred to No 2 NZ General Hospital, Walton-on-Thames, 30 July 1917. Classified 'unfit', and placed on NZ Roll, 10 September 1917.Commenced return to New Zealand from Plymouth on board HMNZT 'Tainui', 2 November 1917; discharged (no longer physically fit fior War Service on account of illness contracted on Active Service), 31 January 1918. Total war service: 2 years 48 days (of which 1 year 278 days was abroad) Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |
| Date of death | |
| Age at death | 30 |
| Sources | Nominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 28, p. 6 Archives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805 |