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Charles Vivian SPRIGGS

Regimental number25643
Place of birthWoolongong, New South Wales
SchoolPublic School, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationMiner
AddressKeiraville, Wollongong, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Next of kinFather, F T Spriggs, Keiraville, Wollongong, New South Wales
Previous military serviceLieutenant in Citizen Forces
Enlistment date24 January 1916
Rank on enlistmentGunner
Unit nameDivisional Ammunition Column 4, Reinforcement 4
AWM Embarkation Roll number25/111/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A67 Orsova on 29 July 1916
Rank from Nominal RollGunner
Unit from Nominal Roll10th Field Artillery Brigade
FateDied of wounds 4 December 1917
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death22
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialBrookwood Military Cemetery (Plot XI, Row E, Grave No. 2), Surrey, England
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
16
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Francis Thomas and Alice Eliza SPRIGGS, Keiraville, Wollongong, New South Wales. Native of Wollongong, New South Wales

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