lIKE ALL THE OTHER NEW ZEALANDERS EXECUTED IN THE GREAT WAR SPENCER WAS EXECUTED ON THE RECOMENDATION OF NEW ZEALAND OFFICERS WITH NO CONSIDERATION OF THE CONTRIBUTING FACTORS SUCH AS SHELL SHOCK OR ALCHOLISM TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT PEOPLE THINK IT WAS THE BRITISH ARMY WHO CAUSED THIS SAD ACT TO HAPPEN BUT WITH THE EXCEPTION OF BRAITHWAITE THIS WAS NOT THE CASE, IT IS TIME THE TRUTH WAS MADE PUBLIC.