We remember Victor Manson Spencer

We remember Victor Manson Spencer

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Timeline

Timeline

1896
birth Otautau, Southland New Zealand Source:9015957 1st November 1896
1915
employment Apprentice Engineer Metzger and Watson Bluff, Southland New Zealand Source:9015957 16th April 1915
1915
enlistment Invercargill New Zealand Source:9015957 16th April 1915
1915
service New Zealand Expeditionary Force Private 8/2733 Otago Infantry Regiment 1st Battalion Source:9015957 16th April 1915 - 24th February 1918
1915
location Henderson Street, Bluff New Zealand away from home address Source:9015957 16th April 1915
1915
hospitalisation Influenza Hospital/Institution Source:9015957 31st July 1915
1916
hospitalisation Wounded in action Hospital/Institution Source:9015957 10th July 1916
1918
dates Age 23 Source:9015957 24th February 1918
theatres Egypt :4 Source:9015957
theatres France & Belgium: 1a Source:9015957
theatres Gallipoli :2b Source:9015957
1918
death Died of wounds Tied to a post, blindfolded and executed by firing squad after being found guilty of desertion. France Source:7984910 Source:9015957 24th February 1918
burial The Huts Cemetery CWGC Cemetery/Memorial Ieper, West-Vlaanderen The Huts Cemetery, Ypers, Belgium Belgium XV.B. 10 Source:7984910 Source:9015957

Details

Details

Names
TypeName
First Names Victor Manson
Initials VM
Last Name Spencer
Source 7984910
Gender
GenderSource
Male
Locations
AddressCountryTypeDateSource
Henderson Street, Bluff New Zealand away from home address known 16th April 1915
Contribution

Military Service

Military Service
ServiceNumberUnitSectionRankSource
New Zealand Expeditionary Force 8/2733 Otago Infantry Regiment 1st Battalion Private
Family
Parents
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Mary Spencer mother
James Spencer father
Physical
ComplexionEyesHairSource
Part New Zealand Maori of Ngai Tahu descent
DateHeightSource
1915-04-16 5'4"
Religion
DateReligionSource
1915-04-16 Anglican - Church of Eng, Irl, Wales or other

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Communities

Communities

Evidence

Evidence

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Official Records

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Online Cenotaph: New Zealand Expeditionary Force

External Evidence

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'The Spirit Lives On' by Amanda Cropp Gerald98528

Multimedia

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Shot at Dawn David1424
Shot at Dawn David1424
Private Victor Manson Spencer 8/2733 Gerald98528

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We remember Victor Manson Spencer