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SPROULE, James St George
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1069 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | The Royal Artillery (Field) |
| Born: | Kew, Victoria, Australia, 31 October 1893 |
| Home Town: | Kew, Boroondara, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Medical Student |
| Died: | Watford, Hertfordshire, England, 26 June 1948, aged 54 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Flinders WWI War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 21 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 1069, 5th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orvieto embarkation_ship_number: A3 public_note: '' | |
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| 21 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 1069, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Orvieto, Melbourne | |
| 1 Jun 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1069, 5th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Jim was wounded twice at Gallipoli and had various bouts of dysentery and diphtheria. See his records in the National Archives. | |
| 22 Dec 1915: | Transferred British Forces (All Conflicts), The Royal Artillery (Field), Discharged "in consequence of being appointed to a commission in the Royal Field Artillery (Imperial Army). He was awarded an MC in 1917 for "behaving with great gallantry at the taking of Vimy Ridge." |
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