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Ernest Frank SPROULE

Regimental number2390
Place of birthHobart Tasmania
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationFisherman
AddressHobart, Tasmania
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation33
Next of kinWife, Mrs Harriett Sproule, 43 Barrack Street, Hobart, Tasmania
Enlistment date25 September 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name40th Battalion, 4th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/57/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A16 Port Melbourne on 21 October 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll40th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 5 October 1917
Place of burialNine Elms British Cemetery (Plot III, Row B, Grave No. 10), Poperinghe, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
133
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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