James Michael SPRAGUE

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Service Number:	1217
Enlisted:	16 September 1914
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	Port Adelaide South Australia, 4 August 1881
Home Town:	Port Pirie, Port Pirie City and Dists, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	labourer
Died:	Wounds received at Gallipoli, Keswick Military Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, 6 May 1917, aged 35 years
Cemetery:	West Terrace Cemetery (General) West Terrace Cemetery, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, The South Australian National War Memorial

16 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1217, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement Private, 1217, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked Private, 1217, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne

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