Vivian Francis David SPRAGUE

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SPRAGUE, Vivian Francis David

Service Number:	2206
Enlisted:	20 April 1915, Liverpool, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Blackheath, New South Wales, Australia, 23 July 1896
Home Town:	Blackheath, Blue Mountains Municipality, New South Wales
Schooling:	Blackheath Public School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Shop assistant
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, 6 August 1915, aged 19 years
Cemetery:	Lone Pine Cemetery, ANZAC Special Memorial C. 67.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Blackheath Memorial Arch

World War 1 Service

20 Apr 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2206, Liverpool, New South Wales
16 Jun 1915:	Involvement Private, 2206, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Karoola embarkation_ship_number: A63 public_note: ''
16 Jun 1915:	Embarked Private, 2206, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Karoola, Sydney
6 Aug 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2206, 2nd Infantry Battalion, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

PRIVATE SPRAGUE.
Private Vivian Sprague who has been reported as missing since August 14, left with the 6th Reinforcements of the 2nd Battalion in June last. He is the second son of Mr. and Mr. George Sprague of Blackheath, whose elder son, Corporal Bugler Dudley Sprague, was also reported missing some months ago, but was discovered affected with shell shock and placed in hospital at Cairo. He is now doing light duty at Zietoun, Egypt, and in a letter received by his mother by last mail is anxious to get back to the front.

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