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SPIER, Charles Wyndham Gilbert
(Service number 80027)

Aliases Enlisted as Charles SPIER
First Rank Private Last Rank

Birth

Date *1882 Place of Birth London, England

Enlistment Information

Date Age
Address at Enlistment High Street, Otahuhu, Auckland
Occupation Labourer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status Married. One child
Next of Kin Mrs M. H. SPIER (wife), 90 Rose Street, Timaru
Religion Church of England
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with NZ Armed Forces Served in Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Unit, Squadron, or Ship 42nd Reinforcements, B Company
Date 1 August 1918
Transport Tofua
Embarked From Destination
Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

Campaigns
Service Medals
Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date 27 September 1965 Age 83 years
Place of Death
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery Karori Crematorium, Wellington
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Charles Wyndham Gilbert Spier was the son of Henry and Elizabeth Ann (née Young) Spier. he was at home in England with his family in 1891. Charles married Mabel Harriett Barnes on 16 December 1914 at Timaru. Their son Charles Arthur was born in 1915 at Timaru. C. Spier embarked at Liverpool for the return to New Zealand per the “Tahiti”. draft no. 204, carrying 950 soldiers, reached Port Chalmers on 12 January 1919.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [05 June 2019]; England Birth registration - 1882; Karori Crematorium record (Wellington City Council) [10 June 2019]; Timaru Herald, 8 January 1919 (Papers Past) [05 June 2019]

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