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Gunner ERNEST WILLIAM SPRIGGS

Service Number: 3599
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Field Artillery

14th Bde.

Date of Death

Died 24 October 1917

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY

XXII. A. 9.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of Robert Augustus and Louisa Spriggs, of 1, Mansfield St., Glebe Pt. Sydney, New South Wales.
  • Personal Inscription MAY HIS SOUL REST IN PEACE
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Buried or commemorated at

LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 10786
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