Victor Alexander SPIERS

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Toowoomba Soldiers' Memorial Hall WW1 Roll of Honour

Victor Alexander SPIERS

Victor Alexander Spiers Photo:
Australian War Memorial
Birthplace
Toowoomba
Resided
Brisbane
Occupation
Teacher
Enlisted
12-January-1916
Place
Brisbane
Age
18
Status
Single
Service No
1956
Rank
Private
Unit
47th Battalion, 3rd Reinforcements
Embarked
01-May-1916
Place
Brisbane
Active Service
Egypt, Western Front
Highest rank
N/A
Honours and Awards
No
Fate
How Died
Killed in action
Date
11-April-1917
Place
Bullecourt, France
Cemetery or Memorial
Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, France
Notes

Also named on Toowoomba Mothers’ Memorial and Toowoomba Grammar Roll of Honour.

 

Victor Spiers arrived in France in September 1916. On 11 April 1917 he went missing in action near Bullecourt. Seven months later a Court of Enquiry confirmed he had been killed and then buried nearby. He was only 20. After the war his grave could not be found.