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Ernest William SPRIGGS

Regimental number3599
Place of birthWyalang, New South Wales
SchoolWylong Convent (Catholic) School, New South Wales
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationRailway employee
Address18 Wickham Road, Glebe Point, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation26
Next of kinMother, Mrs L Spriggs, 28 Wickham Road, Glebe Point, New South Wales
Previous military service`Nil
Enlistment date3 August 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name4th Battalion, 11th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/21/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A17 Port Lincoln on 13 October 1915
Rank from Nominal RollGunner
Unit from Nominal Roll14th Field Artillery Brigade
FateDied of wounds 24 October 1917
Place of death or woundingBelgium
Age at death28
Age at death from cemetery records28
Place of burialLijssenthoek Military Cemetery (Plot XXII, Row A, Grave No. 9), Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
18
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Robert Augustus and Louisa SPRIGGS, 1 Mansfield Street, Glebe Point, Sydney, New South Wales

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