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SPROULE, Ernest Frank
Personal Details
Service Number: | 2390 |
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Enlisted: | 25 September 1916, Claremont, Tasmania |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 40th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Snug, Tasmania, 21 January 1884 |
Home Town: | Hobart, Tasmania |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Fisherman |
Died: | Died of wounds, Belgium, 5 October 1917, aged 33 years |
Cemetery: |
Nine Elms British Cemetery Nine Elms British Cemetery, Poperinghe, Flanders, Belgium |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hobart Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
25 Sep 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2390, Claremont, Tasmania | |
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21 Oct 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2390, 40th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Melbourne embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: '' | |
21 Oct 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2390, 40th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Melbourne, Melbourne | |
8 Jun 1917: | Wounded Private, 2390, 40th Infantry Battalion, Battle of Messines, GSW (left thigh) | |
4 Oct 1917: | Wounded Private, 2390, 40th Infantry Battalion, Broodseinde Ridge, 2nd occasion - GSW (abdomen) |
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