FRANCIS+E.+SPENCER

Spencer, Francis Eadson, Private, 191, 34th Battalion, Australian Infantry Born Middleton, Derbyshire Killed in action 1st March 1917 aged 19 Son of Samuel Francis and Harriet Mary Spencer, of Rose Cottage, Middle Dural, New South Wales. Buried in Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery, Armentieres, IV, F, 22

Francis Spencer enlisted on the 7th January 1916 at West Maitland, New South Wales. He was employed on the railway, and stated his next of kin as Samuel Francis Spencer, of Rose Cottage, Middle Dural, via Hornsby, New South Wales. Five feet eight and a quarter inches tall, he weighed 146 pounds, had a medium complexion, hazel eyes and dark brown hair, and belonged to the Church of England.


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