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Spivey, Alfred (2032)

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Place of Birth: Port Melbourne, VIC

Age: 21 years 3 months

Enlistment Details: Monday, 18 January 1915 – Melbourne, VIC

Service Number: 2032            view online service record

Address:
24 Tarrangower Street
Yarraville, VIC

Next of Kin:
Fred Spivey (father)
24 Tarrangower Street
Yarraville, VIC

Embarkation Details:
Date: Saturday, 17 April 1915
Ship: HMAT Hororata A20
Port: Melbourne, VIC
Unit: 6th Infantry Battalion – 5th Reinforcements

Fate:
DOW: Wednesday, 28 March 1917
Place: France

Brothers: Harry Spivey, James John Spivey (aka George) and William Spivey.

Private, 58 Infantry, died of wounds 28 March 1917, France, aged 22, commemorated Aveluy Communal Cemetery Extension, France.

Parents: Frederick William George Liardet and Mrs Annie SPIVEY, born Port Melbourne, educated Yarraville SS. He enlisted as a 21-year-old merchant with his father in Yarraville as next of kin. Three brothers. 4673, Harry SPIVEY (born Port Melbourne) and 6885, James John (aka George) and 538, William SPIVEY (both born Yarraville) all enlisted from the same address in Yarraville.

Additional research by Brian Membrey

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