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William Frederick Adolph Specht

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William Frederick Adolph Specht Veteran

Birth
Maryborough, Fraser Coast Region, Queensland, Australia
Death
28 Aug 1932 (aged 41)
Maryborough, Fraser Coast Region, Queensland, Australia
Burial
Maryborough, Fraser Coast Region, Queensland, Australia GPS-Latitude: -25.5168084, Longitude: 152.6752625
Plot
Monumental C Plot 1079
Memorial ID
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Mother: Bertha Belfus
Father/parent: August Specht

OBITUARY.
On Sunday afternoon William Frederick Adolph Specht, aged 41 years, was found dead outside his but on Mr. Geo. Zuller's property near Mungar where he had lain down after having pains in the stomach. Mr. Speeht had been working for Mr. Zuller for a number of years. On Sunday afternoon he complained of having pains in the stomach and went away to rest. Some time after he was found dead outside his quarters. It was ascertained that the deceased had died from natural causes. He was born, at Tinana. He enlisted in Maryborough and belonged to the 42nd Battalion, serving two years in the Great War. He was wounded in France, and invalided home, unfit for service. He leaves a sorrowing mother, Mrs. B. Specht, of Ferry-lane, three brothers, namely Carl, Albert, and Henry, and three sisters, Mrs. B. White, Mrs. H. Bradshaw and Mrs. A Wells. The funeral will take place this morning at 10 o'clock from Messrs. Kirk and Son's funeral parlour and members of the R.S.S.I.L.A. are requested to attend.
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Service Number: 2935
Enlisted: 2 Nov 1916
Born : Maryborough, Queensland
Age : 25 years 9 months
Marital Status : Single
Next of Kin : Mother Mrs. Bertha Specht, Ferry Lane Maryborough
Occupation : Carter
Address : Ferry Lane, Maryborough, Queensland
Religion: Church of England
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 42nd Infantry Battalion, 6th Reforcement
Fate: Returned to Australia 4 January 1919
Mother: Bertha Belfus
Father/parent: August Specht

OBITUARY.
On Sunday afternoon William Frederick Adolph Specht, aged 41 years, was found dead outside his but on Mr. Geo. Zuller's property near Mungar where he had lain down after having pains in the stomach. Mr. Speeht had been working for Mr. Zuller for a number of years. On Sunday afternoon he complained of having pains in the stomach and went away to rest. Some time after he was found dead outside his quarters. It was ascertained that the deceased had died from natural causes. He was born, at Tinana. He enlisted in Maryborough and belonged to the 42nd Battalion, serving two years in the Great War. He was wounded in France, and invalided home, unfit for service. He leaves a sorrowing mother, Mrs. B. Specht, of Ferry-lane, three brothers, namely Carl, Albert, and Henry, and three sisters, Mrs. B. White, Mrs. H. Bradshaw and Mrs. A Wells. The funeral will take place this morning at 10 o'clock from Messrs. Kirk and Son's funeral parlour and members of the R.S.S.I.L.A. are requested to attend.
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Service Number: 2935
Enlisted: 2 Nov 1916
Born : Maryborough, Queensland
Age : 25 years 9 months
Marital Status : Single
Next of Kin : Mother Mrs. Bertha Specht, Ferry Lane Maryborough
Occupation : Carter
Address : Ferry Lane, Maryborough, Queensland
Religion: Church of England
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 42nd Infantry Battalion, 6th Reforcement
Fate: Returned to Australia 4 January 1919

Gravesite Details

Date of Burial 30/08/1932, aged 41 years



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