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SPRATT, Alfred Frank

Service Number:	1565
Enlisted:	11 April 1915, Liverpool, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	20th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Orange, New South Wales, 3 March 1898
Home Town:	Islington, Newcastle, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Blacksmith's Striker
Died:	Concorde, New South Wales, Australia, 24 June 1964, aged 66 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	Tighes Hill Pride of Ferndale G.U.O.O.F. Roll of Honour, Wickham "Citizens of Wickham" Volunteers Honour Roll

World War 1 Service

11 Apr 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Liverpool, New South Wales
6 Jun 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 1565, 20th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: ''
6 Jun 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Corporal, 1565, 20th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Sydney
10 Oct 1919:	Honoured Military Medal, Mont St Quentin / Peronne, On 31st August, 1918, during the operations on MT. ST. QUENTIN, North East of PERONNE, this soldier single handed reconnoitred enemy movement beyond the objective and attacked an enemy post single handed the occupants of which he took prisoner, he was wounded. He displayed conspicuous gallantry during the advance
7 Mar 1920:	Discharged AIF WW1

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Biography

Cremated at Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, 199 Delhi Road, North Ryde NSW 2113