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• William Spring †

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Name recorded

• William Spring

Service number

• Service number 5175

Rank

• Held rank of Private

Birth record

• 1898 in Leichhardt, NSW, Australia

Death records

• Died on service
• 11 April 1917 in Noreuil, Pas-de-Calais, France

Relationships

• Father - Arthur Ernest Spring
• Mother - Elizabeth Edgar

Organisation

• 13th Battalion, AIF

Main sources

• Find War Dead (webpage)
• Red Cross Wounded and Missing: William Spring (webpage)
• MISSING. (newspaper article)
• FOR THEIR COUNTRY. N.S.W. WAR CASUALTIES. [Evening News, 14 May 1917] (newspaper article)
• FOR THEIR COUNTRY. N.S.W. WAR CASUALTIES. (newspaper article)
• ANOTHER FIGHTING FAMILY (newspaper article)
• FOR THEIR COUNTRY. N.S.W. WAR CASUALTIES. [Evening News, 31 October 1917] (newspaper article)
• Death Notices (newspaper article)
• SPRING William : Service Number - 5175 : Place of Birth - Sydney NSW : Place of Enlistment - Lismore NSW : Next of Kin - (Mother) SPRING Elizabeth (webpage)

Commemorations

• SPRING W. on the West Face of the Mosman War Memorial