| Date of enlistment | 12th July 1915 |
| Rank at enlistment | Private |
| Company | Transferred to 2nd Pioneer Battalion and 2nd Australian Tunnelling Company |
| Significant events while with the AIF | Went through the war without being wounded or hospitalised sick |
Summary of Private Spicer’s WW1 service record, located in the National Archives of Australia. Full details are available online, NAA Series B2455
| Date | Location | Event |
| 22nd July 1919 | Australia | Discharged |
| 30th May 1919 | Australia | Disembarked Castalia |
| 13th April 1919 | England | Return to Australia on Castalia |
| 2nd February 1919 | England | Left France to England and for return to Australia |
| 7th September 1918 | France | Re-joined Unit |
| 19th August 1918 | England | On leave |
| 1st April 1918 | France | Re-joined 2nd Pioneers |
| 1st March 1918 | France | Transferred to 184th Tunnelling Company |
| 30th September 1916 | France | Transferred and Taken on Strength to 2nd Pioneers |
| 14th July 1916 | France | Transferred to 2nd Australian Tunnelling Company |
| 26th March 1916 | France | Disembarked Marseille |
| 19th March 1916 | Egypt | Proceeded to join British Expeditionary Force from Alexandria on the Llandovery Castle |
| 11th March 1916 | Egypt | Transferred to 2nd Pioneer Battalion |
| 8th January 1916 | Egypt | Taken on Strength, Tel-el-Kabir |
| 25th October 1915 | Egypt | Disembarked Alexandria |
| 29th September 1915 | Australia | Departed Melbourne on RMS Osterley |
| 3rd August 1915 | Australia | Assigned to 5th Reinforcements 22nd Battalion |
| 19th July 1915 | Australia | Marched into Broadmeadows depot |


FIRST WORLD WAR TIMELINE