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SPENCE, George Holland
(Service number 2/2004)

Aliases
First Rank	Bombardier	Last Rank	Gunner

Birth

Date	06/02/1886	Place of Birth	Jedburgh, Scotland

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	Church Street West, Timaru
Occupation
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	single
Next of Kin	Mrs Margaret Spence (mother) Halfway Bush, Dunedin
Religion	Presb
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	6th Reinforcements
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	Field Artillery
Date	14 August 1915
Transport	HMNZT 27, 28 , Willochra , Tofua
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination	Suez, Egypt

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	N Field Artillery, 3rd Battery, 1st Brigade

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	21 September 1916	Age	33
Place of Death	France
Cause	Died of Wounds
Notices	New Zealand Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16350, 3 October 1916, Page 8
Memorial or Cemetery	Fricourt British Cemetery, Somme, France
Memorial Reference	B 25
New Zealand Memorials	On Memorial wall, Timaru

Biographical Notes

son of William and Margaret Spence of Jedburgh, Scotland

Sources

New Zea land Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16350, 3 October 1916, Page 8 War record open in Archways

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Researched and Written by

Liz Shea (SC branch NZSG)

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