LEST WE FORGET
Aircraftman Class I Walter Raymond SPENCER
Service No: 75071
Born: Hobart TAS, 13 October 1894
Enlisted in the RAAF: 8 April 1942 (at Brisbane QLD)
Unit: Headquarters, RAAF Station Amberley QLD
Died: Illness, Greenslopes QLD, 16 August 1942, Aged 47 Years
Buried: Brisbane (Toowong) General Cemetery, Toowong, QLD
CWGC Additional Information: Son of William and Elizabeth Spencer; husband of Olive Teresa Spencer, of Red Hill
Roll of Honour: Ithaca QLD
Remembered: Panel 97, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 16 August 1942 Aircraftman Class I Spencer, a Messman, died after an illness of some months duration at No 112 Australian General Hospital, Greenslopes.
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records (RAAF Casualty Information compiled by Alan Storr (409804))
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 163/163/462
Register of War Memorials in New South Wales On-Line