Australia Named Pre WW1 Sterling Silver Presentaion Spoon with Rising Sun

Australia Named Pre WW1 Sterling Silver Presentaion Spoon.

Hall marked sterling silver desert spoon with a large hand chisel cut engraved rising sun to the bowl of the spoon and to the handle " S.R.C WA Presented by Lieut Spurge Won By SSM F Rissmann 21/8/12".



Cyril Herman SPURGE
Date of birth 15 September 1877
Marital status Married
Age at embarkation 37
Next of kin Wife, Mrs C H Spurge, 1 Strathcona Street, West Perth, Western Australia
Enlistment date 28 August 1914
Rank on enlistment Captain
Unit name Field Artillery Brigade 2, Battery 5
AWM Embarkation Roll number 13/30/1
Embarkation details Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board Transport A9 Shropshire on 20 October 1914
Rank from Nominal Roll Lieutenant-Colonel
Unit from Nominal Roll 1st Division Artillery
Promotions
Major


Unit: 4th Division Artillery
Promotion date: 20 January 1916
Fate Returned to Australia 15 June 1919
Medals
Croix de Guerre (Belgium)


Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 91
Date: 23 July 1919

Code: 94