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SPRAKE, Raymond George

Service Number:	51701
Enlisted:	11 December 1917, Enlisted Horsham Victoria allocated to 3rd General Service Reinforcement’s Victoria at Broadmeadows Camp on 27th March 1918
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	39th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Murtoa, Victoria, Australia, 26 January 1896
Home Town:	Murtoa, Yarriambiack, Victoria
Schooling:	Niton State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Natural Causes , Murtoa, Victoria, Australia, 12 September 1957, aged 61 years
Cemetery:	Murtoa Cemetery, Murtoa, Victoria, Australia
Memorials:	Murtoa Memorial Gates

World War 1 Service

11 Dec 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 51701, 1st to 17th (VIC) Reinforcements, Enlisted Horsham Victoria allocated to 3rd General Service Reinforcement’s Victoria at Broadmeadows Camp on 27th March 1918
5 Jun 1918:	Involvement Private, 51701, 1st to 17th (VIC) Reinforcements, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Orontes embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
5 Jun 1918:	Embarked Private, 51701, 1st to 17th (VIC) Reinforcements, RMS Orontes, Sydney
12 Aug 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 39th Infantry Battalion, Allocated to reinforce 39th Battalion from 9th Training Battalion UK
19 Jan 1919:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 9th Training Battalion, Return to duty ex Hospital Diphtheria
1 May 1919:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, AIF Depot, Promoted to Temporary Corporal from AIF Depots UK for duty
12 Nov 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 51701, 39th Infantry Battalion, Discharged 3MD Melbourne medically unfit Debility effects of Scarlet Fever and Diphtheria

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Biography contributed by Pam Hamilton

Parents late of the Channel Islands UK